Munich Security Conference 2026
Belfer Center experts convened at the Munich Security Conference in 2026 to contribute to the world's leading forum for debating international security policy.
Explore Belfer work including an official Munich Security Conference and Belfer side event on Middle Powers and how they are changing the international world order; live-streamed video discussions featuring Belfer Faculty and Senior Fellows on geopolitics and critical emerging issues of the day; the launch of a taskforce exploring transatlantic tactics in Russia; and watch media interviews live from the conference as our experts provide commentary on critical security issues of the day.
NATO is Vital to U.S. National Security
From Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
Live from Munich | Rupture: (Re)thinking Middle Powers in a Fragmented World
From Middle Powers
Live from the Munich Security Conference 2026 – A Conversation with Chrystia Freeland, Ivo Daalder, Wolfgang Ischinger, and Graham Allison
From Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
With President Trump and others raising questions about the value of NATO and the extraordinary contribution our allies made in Afghanistan, we thought it important to get a clear statement on the record on how vital NATO is to American security.
Fmr NATO Ambassadors and Generals: NATO is Vital to U.S. National Security
From Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
Photo Gallery: Belfer at MSC in 2026
Belfer Center Director Meghan L. O'Sullivan moderates a panel on the main stage of the Munich Security Conference featuring Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the evolving risks of nuclear proliferation.
Graham Allison provided context and insight into the history of nonproliferation, particularly policy successes through the decades, as growing tensions emerge--in particular after the recent expiration of New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia.
Chief White House Correspondent at the New York Times and Adjunct Lecturer at the Kennedy School, David Sanger, moderated the official Belfer Center and Munich Security Conference event on middle powers, exploring: What are today's middle powers? Are they really in a position to uphold the liberal international order in the face of great power disruption? Can they overcome fragmentation to act collectively, and what does this mean for the future of alliances and great power competition?
Panelists Ian Bremmer, Chrystia Freeland, Ivan Krastev, and Oliver Stuenkel spoke to a packed room at the Bar Montez, Rosewood Hotel.
At an exclusive roundtable discussion, Meghan O'Sullivan lead a conversation about fortifying energy infrastructure and supply chains.
On opening night: as global leaders, policymakers, and experts convened at a pivotal moment for international security, a conversation exclusive to students of the Harvard community and facilitated by the Rhodes Trust offered timely insights into the geopolitical challenges shaping the world today.
Featuring Chrystia Freeland, Wolfgang Ischinger, Graham Allison, and Ivo Daalder.
Recording LIVE! From MSC: Ivo Daalder's World Review podcast recorded just as headlines began emerging about Secretary Rubio's speech in Munich. Alexander Ward, Steven Erlanger, and Karin Axelsson joined Ambassador Daalder to unpack the deep tensions shaping today’s geopolitics, revealing why the very foundations of alliances, values, and strategies are being questioned like never before.
Listen to World Review with Ivo Daalder, a Belfer Center podcast, here.
Recording Live from the Munich Security Conference
Europe and America are at a tipping point — as the rules-based order that has defined the past 80 years faces unprecedented disruption. In this eye-opening episode recorded at The Munich Security Conference, Ivo Daalder, Alexander Ward, Steven Erlanger, and Karin Axelsson unpack the deep tensions shaping today’s geopolitics, revealing why the very foundations of alliances, values, and strategies are being questioned like never before.
