'Under destruction': Europe's future security in question at Munich conference

A copy of the Munich Security Report 2026, on display during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on 9 February 2026. © Liesa Johannssen / Reuters

Global movers and shakers are gathering in southern Germany for the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC), which opens on Friday in the shadow of what its own report calls an international order “under destruction”.​

Organisers expect more than 60 heads of state and government, and around 100 foreign and defence ministers, to gather in Munich's Bayerischer Hof from Friday through Sunday. In total, more than 1,000 delegates from 120 countries are set to attend.