Trends Study explores the agenda of the 60th edition of the Munich Conference

Trends Research and Advisory has released a new study entitled "Sixty Years of the Munich Security Conference: agenda, issues and unspoken issues." The study analyses the issues discussed in the Munich Security Conference, which was held between February 16-18, 2024, in a complex and uncertain global strategic context.

The study was conducted by Dr. Yousry Ahmed Al-Azbawi, an expert in political affairs at Trends, and researcher Aisha Al-Rumaithi, Director of the Research Department. It discussed many issues, including: Sixty years since the establishment of the Munich Security conference, covering the history of the Munich Security Conference since 1963, and its development to become one of the most important international forums to discuss security issues.

The study addresses the most important issues in the annual report of the conference for 2024, highlighting issues such as the war in Ukraine, tension in the Middle East, and the role of Europe in the world.

The study explored the issues that were not receive much attention in the deliberations of the conference, such as conflicts in the Horn of Africa, displacement, asylum and migration crises, and relations between the West and China.

The study concludes that this year's Munich conference sheds light on many strategic issues that the world is going through today. These emerging issues need concerted global efforts to solve them instead of the heightened strategic competition between the the players of the international system.