Международная безопасность

In the run-up to the 52nd edition of the Munich Security Conference (12 to 14 February 2016) the MSC is releasing its second Munich Security Report (MSR) featuring important trends and issues in international security. Last year’s edition was downloaded more than 25,000 times. Entitled "Boundless Crises, Reckless Spoilers, Helpless Guardians," the new MSR compiles data, analyses and maps which illuminate major developments and critical challenges to international security. The MSR serves as a conversation starter for the 52nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) and as a background reading for MSC participants, but is also made available to security professionals and the interested public. Among the key topics of this year's edition are the crisis of the European security order, the war in Syria and the global activities of jihadist terrorist groups. Moreover, the report sheds light on the refugee crisis and the security implications of global climate and health policies. The report was prepared in cooperation with numerous renowned partners, including Chatham House, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), IHS Jane's, UNHCR and the Mercator Institute for China Studies.

On 26 January 2015, the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has published the first Munich Security Report (MSR), an annual digest on critical questions and important trends in the field of international security policy. This year's inaugural edition is called "Collapsing Order, Reluctant Guardians?" In addition to providing short summaries of key issues, the report features a selection of some of the most insightful analyses, charts, and maps that can help illuminate crucial challenges in the realm of international security. The report serves as a conversation starter for the debates at the Munich Security Conference and background reading for MSC participants, but also represents a contribution to the security-policy debate and addresses the interested public. Topics of this year's report include different aspects and consequences of the Ukraine crisis, a survey of recent developments in jihadist extremism, new challenges such as hybrid warfare, and the global refugee crisis.

Authors Greg Austin, professorial fellow at EWI, and Sandro Gaycken, senior researcher in computer science at the Free University of Berlin, outline specific steps to be taken to protect Internet infrastructures around the globe. Resetting the System offers bold recommendations, but admits that the necessary changes are expensive and the traditionally free, mostly unregulated market may balk at some of them. Governments can create the incentives for this new approach to cybersecurity, but the private sector will need to take the lead in implementing them.

The 2015 Earth Security Index provides a strategic analysis of sustainability risks for resources that are of geo-political significance. The report offers a data driven dashboard for multi-national companies, governments and civil society to navigate a complex web of resource risks. It also provides seven strategic blueprints that translate complexity into specific actions, aimed at strengthening cross border cooperation and building resilience. For key commodities, from oil and gas to rice and cocoa, the report’s conclusions demonstrate the need for the risk analyses that are routinely conducted by governments and companies to develop a more integrated view of sustainability pressures. The report’s blueprints highlight win-win opportunities for innovation in sustainable technologies, infrastructures, business models and policies. These solutions can help companies and governments build resilience to the political and economic risks associated with resource pressures.

В монографии рассматриваются нестратегические аспекты безопасности в Арктике, не связанные с глобальной военно-стратегической деятельностью России и США. Наряду с общей оценкой военно-политической обстановки в регионе более подробно анализируются оценки, программы и планы военного строительства и военная деятельность пяти прибрежных государств – США, Дании, Канады, Норвегии и России. Особое внимание уделяется потенциальным изменениям в этой деятельности, начиная с 2014 г. Отдельно в монографии рассматривается деятельность и сотрудничество государств, направленные на реагирование на невоенные вызовы для безопасности, связанные с необходимостью обеспечения безопасности судоходства, эколого-техногенной безопасности в условиях активизирующейся в регионе хозяйственной деятельности. На основе обобщения и анализа обширного фактического материала в монографии делается вывод об отсутствии опасности гонки вооружений в Арктике в краткосрочной и среднесрочной перспективе.