This year’s Munich Security Conference ended as it begun: a bickering West reluctant to address the new geostrategic realities.

Diplomats, parliamentarians, and experts at the 2019 Munich Security Conference weigh in on the future of global leadership.

In a time of transatlantic uncertainty, any further divergence between Europe and the United States becomes a net win for Russia.

The German chancellor discarded caution, discarded her notes, and discarded diplomatic niceties.

In both the Caucasus and the Western Balkans, infrastructure and logistics will supplant normative goals such as EU membership as pathways to peaceful cooperation. 

The differences between NATO allies seem to be about intentions, outcomes, and the meaning of values.

This year’s Munich Security Conference will expose the increasing drift of the EU, perhaps even more than the transatlantic rift.

U.S. policy toward Central Europe is driven by a blend of mercantilism and great power competition, with a dash of U.S. domestic politics. It also opens opportunities for cooperation with the EU.

It’s not too late for Poland to let go of the mirage of “Fort Trump” and pursue a more realistic security policy in collaboration with its European and NATO allies.

The continuing war in Ukraine plays an important role in shaping politics and public perceptions in the run-up to this year’s elections. It turns out that identity issues are much more nuanced than the campaign rhetoric suggests.