Current Activities
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
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
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.