Towards Mutual Security

Fifty Years of Munich Security Conference

Edited by Wolfgang Ischinger Revised by Rebecca van Dyck Associate editor Tobias Bunde Associate editor Antje Lein-Struck Associate editor Adrian Oroz

Book cover: Towards Mutual Security

Extent: 477 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2014)

ISBN: 9783525300541

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $87.00

Out of stock

The Munich Security Conference, founded as “Wehrkundetagung” in 1963, has evolved into the leading independent forum for security policy. Traditionally seen as a kind of transatlantic family meeting for debating NATO strategy during the Cold War, the conference has increasingly broadened its agenda and today attracts participants from across the globe. Each year, dozens of heads of state and government, ministers, and experts from different fields of security policy gather in Munich for an open exchange of ideas and policies on the most pressing international security issues – ranging from regional conflicts, international peace operations and nuclear disarmament to cyber security and environmental challenges. On the occasion of the conference’s 50th anniversary in 2014, a number of prominent participants, including former and current foreign and defense ministers, reflect on the conference’s history and significance, some of the major issues debated, and on key security challenges facing the international community.


The Munich Security Conference, founded as “Wehrkundetagung” in 1963, has evolved into the leading independent forum for security policy. Traditionally seen as a kind of transatlantic family meeting for debating NATO strategy during the Cold War, the conference has increasingly broadened its agenda and today attracts participants from across the globe. Each year, dozens of heads of state and government, ministers, and experts from different fields of security policy gather in Munich for an open exchange of ideas and policies on the most pressing international security issues – ranging from regional conflicts, international peace operations and nuclear disarmament to cyber security and environmental challenges. On the occasion of the conference’s 50th anniversary in 2014, a number of prominent participants, including former and current foreign and defense ministers, reflect on the conference’s history and significance, some of the major issues debated, and on key security challenges facing the international community.

  • Edited by Wolfgang Ischinger
  • Revised by Rebecca van Dyck
  • Associate editor Tobias Bunde
  • Associate editor Antje Lein-Struck
  • Associate editor Adrian Oroz