Where is world politics turning? The Munich Security Report 2023 entitled “Re:vision”, which will be launched today, analyzes intensifying authoritarian revisionism and the growing contest between different visions for the international order.
The Munich Security Report 2023 entitled “Re:vision” will be launched today, February 13, 2023, 10 a.m., at the Federal Press Conference and is now available for download on our website. The event will be held in German and will be streamed live on our website as well as on our Twitter and YouTube accounts.
Where is world politics turning? This year’s report analyzes intensifying authoritarian revisionism and the growing contest between different visions for the international order.
The report features the third edition of the Munich Security Index, which offers exclusive data on the evolving risk perceptions of respondents in the G7 and B(R)ICS countries as well as in Ukraine.
Traditionally, the Munich Security Report serves as a conversation starter for the Munich Security Conference, taking place from February 17 to 19, 2023.
The Munich Security Report 2023
The Munich Security Report (MSR) 2023 is published ahead of the 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) almost exactly 12 months after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s war marks a turning point not only for European security but also for the international order. But where is world politics turning? This question is at the heart of this year’s MSR. Covering human rights, global infrastructures, development cooperation, energy policy, and nuclear security, the report analyzes intensifying authoritarian revisionism and the growing contest between different visions for the international order. In doing so, the MSC’s flagship publication also provides inspiration for how the defenders of the liberal, rules-based order can reenvision the order to make it both more resilient and attractive to a wider community.
The Munich Security Index 2023
The MSR features the third edition of our Munich Security Index, developed by the MSC and Kekst CNC, which offers exclusive insights into the evolving risk perceptions of respondents in the G7 and B(R)ICS countries as well as in Ukraine. The index lays bare an omnipresent sense of insecurity among publics across the world, whose worries about the return of traditional military threats to the top of the agenda are complemented by enduring concerns about transnational risks like climate change.
A special Spotlight Ukraine reveals that while Ukrainians are aware of the severity and imminence of risks they face, they feel remarkable well-prepared and bullish about confronting them. The MSR also draws on a range of previously unpublished data curated by the MSC and international partner organizations, including the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School, the European Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Trade Alert,the International Energy Agency, the International Rescue Committee, the Mercator Institute for China Studies, and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.