Launch of the Munich Security Report 2022

• The report includes the Munich Security Index, which offers exclusive data on risk perceptions among the G7 and BRICS countries.
• The report will be launched today, February 14, and is available for download  here. 
• The launch event at the Federal Press Conference will be streamed live on our  website.
• The Munich Security Report is meant as a conversation starter for the Munich Security Conference taking place later this week (Feb 18 - 20).

The Munich Security Report (MSR) 2022 is published ahead of the 58^th Munich Security Conference (MSC). It explores the emergence of a sense of “collective helplessness” in the face of a rising tide of mutually reinforcing crises and stimulates the debate on how it can best be overcome. Against a background of mounting global threats, societies and political systems seem overwhelmed and struck by a feeling of a loss of control. There is a real risk that this perceived helplessness may prevent the world from addressing the most important crises before it is too late. The Munich Security Conference’s 2022 flagship report stimulates the debate about “unlearning helplessness” and how we can best turn the rising tide of crises. The report covers selected security challenges in Afghanistan, the Sahel region, the Horn of Africa, and Eastern Europe, as well as the risks posed by dependencies in the supply chains of critical technologies and by growing inequality.

The MSR again features a range of exclusive, previously unpublished data curated by the MSC and international partner organizations, including the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), and the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). The report also features the second edition of our Munich Security Index, developed by the MSC and Kekst CNC, which offers exclusive insights into the risk perceptions of G7 and BRICS countries and how these have changed since the last wave of research. The index reveals that concern about risk has not only grown among societies in the G7 and BRICS countries but that there is also a widespread sense of helplessness in the face of present and looming threats.

Titled “Turning the Tide – Unlearning Helplessness”, the Munich Security Report 2022 will be launched at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin on February 14, 2022, at 10 a.m. (CET). The event will be held in German and will be streamed live on our website as well as on our Twitter and YouTube accounts. Ambassador Prof. Wolfgang Ischinger, the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference , and Dr. Tobias Bunde, Director of Research & Policy will introduce this year’s edition of the Munich Security Report. The brief presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Since its first edition in 2015, the Munich Security Report has compiled data, analyses, and maps to illustrate current security policy issues. The annual flagship report is traditionally published as a discussion starter for the Munich Security Conference in February and is targeted at an expert audience as well as the interested public.

Over the coming weeks, the MSC will feature highlights of the report as well as exclusive commentary by its authors. For updates and insights, follow @MunSecConf on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. To join the debates online, use the hashtags #MSC2022, #MSCreport and tag us @MunSecConf.