Project Group
»Changing the Munich Security Conference« e.V.

Unsere Vision ist eine Münchner Konferenz für Friedenspolitik – Our Vision is a Munich Conference for Peace Policy

Activities

MSKv Side Event 2026 – Rejected by the MSC.

Since 2015, we have been proposing side events as a space for reflection and learning for the international participants of the MSC. The result of the Munich Peace Meeting, which we organised in October 2025 and in which the MSC management actively participated, was ultimately not approved by the MSC. Therefore, our active participation this year is limited to the presence of our MSKv observers, who are invited to attend all events and happenings at the international venue Hotel Bayerischer Hof throughout the weekend.

MSKv-developed topic for 2026, rejected by MSC:
From Cyberwar to Cyberpeace – Designing AI fairly and reliably. Transforming new technologies into value-oriented instruments for peace, solidarity and a just world order.

Given today’s complexity and disintegration, mainstream diplomacy and politics demonstrate a worrying inability to overcome binary concepts such as “right/wrong”, “win/lose”, “West/East”, “North/South”, thereby reproducing (structural) violence. AI adds another layer of complexity, raises fundamental questions of humanity and is mostly regarded as a disruptive technology that is systemically geared towards the “digital divide” and limited to military, authoritarian technology. However, the UN, civil society, religions and ethical think tanks are looking for control mechanisms and AI parameters to address humanitarian challenges, conflicts and sustainable human security. This event invites the international MSC participants to use their human intelligence and sharpen their judgement. The experts of the side event will provide suggestions and promote reflection on what could be done to develop AI into an instrument for peace, justice and solidarity. The MSC participants will work in a careful didactic framework in which they will meet prominent international speakers with their background in diplomacy, politics, security or technology to advocate for standards and ethical guidelines for AI to protect a liberal, democratic international order.

Side Event 2025 (completed)

Press release for Side Event 2025

 

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Our Munich Peace Meeting 2025

The 7th Munich Peace Meeting (MPM), initiated and organized by MSKv, took place on September 29 and October 21, 2025. Participants from the fields of peace studies, the peace movement, and peace work exchanged views with Dr. Benedikt Franke and other representatives of the MSC on current security and peace policy challenges.

Concrete proposals for the 2026 Security Conference were jointly developed. We are very curious to see what activities the MSC will derive from this.

A short report on the Munich Peace Meeting 2025 can be found here: MPM 2025

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Announcement of lecture during the Peace Weeks: “Danger of war for the EU and Germany?”

Announcement: Lecture during the Munich Peace Weeks
Where: EineWeltHaus, Room 211/212
When: Monday, November 17, 2025, 7:00 PM
Who: Erwin Schelbert, Project Group “Changing the Munich Security Conference” e.V.

Topic: “Danger of war for the EU and Germany?”

All just a threat lie or dangerous escalation by Russia?

Are more armaments and new conscription therefore unavoidable?

Three and a half years of war in Ukraine and Russia with increased arms deliveries by the USA and EU countries, especially Germany, military maneuvers by NATO and Russia, drone landings in Poland and Lithuania, discussion about stationing troops in Ukraine from NATO countries up to threats of the use of nuclear weapons, massive armaments of the EU (“Rearm Europe”), gigantic militarization in Germany (“Fit for war”, “Whatever it takes”), stationing of new medium-range missiles and planning the reintroduction of conscription – on which level of the conflict escalation spiral (Friedrich Glasl) are we already, that there is actually a danger of war and therefore shelters must be built and food supplies should be created (“Prepper”, Green Book)? And who is actually threatening whom here? Is there still a chance to reach a peace order in Europe and what would have to be undertaken by the Nobel Peace Prize winner EU (2012) and by Germany?

These and further questions will be clarified and discussed on the basis of the realistic facts, whereby it is also demanded that the Munich Security Conference, if it is really about peace in the world, provides a discussion forum for this, on which different voices from East and West can also be heard.

You can find the flyer for the event here

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Announcement: 7th Munich Peace Meeting 2025

On the initiative of the project group ‘Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz verändern’ e.V. and with the participation of the Munich Security Conference team, a Munich Peace Meeting has been held annually since 2019 as a non-public expert discussion.

The Munich Peace Meeting (MPM) has developed into an important event where
– peace research, peace work, the peace movement, and the MSC network,
– an in-depth expert exchange on aspects of security and peace policy takes place,
– concrete suggestions for the upcoming MSC in February each year can emerge regarding topics, guests, and formats.

The 7th Munich Peace Meeting will take place on September 29, 2025 (Part 1) and October 21, 2025 (Part 2).

The following key topics are planned:

  • Role of women in sustainable conflict transformation and peacekeeping
  • Influence of culture, religion, and tradition on security and peace instruments
  • Contribution of active non-violence and civil peace work to peacekeeping and stability
  • Social justice and inclusion as central foundations of constructive and sustainable peacebuilding

We will inform you about the results and further activities after the conclusion of the MPM 2025.

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July 7, 2025: MSKverändern General Meeting

On July 6, 2025, the association’s annual general meeting took place at the “Leiden Christi” Parish in Munich-Obermenzing.
Dr. Thomas Mohr, Chairman of the project group, chaired the meeting and, following his welcome, outlined the key topics of the event:

  • organizational structure of the association
  • definition of thematic priorities
  • recruitment of new members and supporters
  • finances

In addition, the board was elected:
Dr. Thomas Mohr remains the Chairman of the association.
Katharina Rottmayr-Czerny and Matthias Linnemann were also confirmed in their positions.

Two new association members were welcomed. The event was also used to commemorate the valuable work of the honorary chairwoman Mechthild Schreiber, who passed away last year.

The association wishes the board every success in its work.

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Around the Munich Security Conference 2025

On MSC weekend in Munich you can at many events of the peace movement participate:

For reading, there is again our current MSKv-project newspaper (also in English)

We will continue our activities to change the conference at the MSC 2025 on site:

Press release: Rethinking MSKv and security for the MSC 2025

 

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Review of the MSC conference observers from MSKv

Our review of the MSC 2025 will take place in the parish hall of the St. Bonifaz parish. Our conference observers, Ralf Becker and Alessia Neuner, will share their impressions and answer your questions. Information about our two conference observers can be found here.

Date: Sun, February 16, 2025, 4:30 PM
Location: Parish Center St. Bonifaz, Parish Hall Karlstr. 34, 80333 Munich
MVV: Subway U2, Königsplatz stop

Please also note our flyer for the event:

Following at the same location: Prayer for Peace of Religions, 6:30 PM

 

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MSKv Side Event 2025 – Peace Experts as a Counterpoint at the MSC

Since 2015, we have been proposing side events as a space for reflection and learning for the international participants of the MSC. Our cooperation partners were or are in particular: forumZFD, APTE.

Our theme for 2025 is:

“On the Way to a Century of Tolerance: Don’t Shoot!
Nonviolent De-escalation and Peace Practice of the Global South”


We know that courageous civil society campaigns, especially in the Global South, have an impact even in mostly very complex situations of systematic violence, towards the emergence of resilient communities that renounce violence. The MSC participants from international diplomacy, politics, business and military, institutes and think tanks, as well as civil society are invited to engage with the successful practice of our guests and to learn how conflict resolution and de-escalation can be tested in their area of responsibility through empathy, healing and active nonviolence, and how humane, human security succeeds.

The following resource persons have accepted our invitation and will speak at the MSC:

Marie-Noelle KOYARA, Bangui, Minister of Defense (2022), Dialogue with the terrorist groups in the Central African Republic
Archbishop Martin KIVUVA, Mombasa, Chairman (2024) Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops, Prevention of ethnic-political street violence after the dismissal of the President
Dr. Sylvain KOFFI, Abidjan/Ivory Coast, international consultant in social and peace programs, founding member of the Pan-African Union of Peace Professionals, Secretary General of the African network and the political campaign “Rethinking African Security” (RAS).

Press release by MSKv and Sicherheit neu denken on the Side Event at the MSC 2025

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