Saturday, February 15, 2025

Chinese FM Wang Yi calls for Multipolar wWorld Order @ Munich Security Conference 2025

Feb 14, 2025

As the Munich Security Conference unfolds amidst global uncertainties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi articulated China's stance on international relations in his address on Friday. 

  • Amid questions about whether multipolarity could incite chaos or conflict, Wang asserted that China promotes an equal and orderly multipolar world, advocating against domination by major countries and the oppression of weaker nations. 
  • He emphasized China's role as a source of stability and a constructive force in the global order. 
  • Highlighting initiatives like the Belt and Road and the Global Gateway from Europe, he proposed collaboration for common development in regions such as Africa and the Middle East, aiming to foster global peace and stability. 
 
  

The MSC 2025 comes at a pivotal moment of change: a new US administration takes office in January, a new cycle of European legislature in Brussels and German parliamentary elections follow just one week after the conference.


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Munich Security Conference 2025

The 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) will take place from February 14 to 16, 2025, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich. The MSC 2025 will once again offer an unparalleled platform for high-level debates on the key foreign and security policy challenges of our time.

 

After an opening by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 14, hundreds of decision-makers and opinion leaders from different regions of the world will discuss the world's security policy challenges under the chairmanship of Christoph Heusgen.

On Friday, the conference’s main program will start with a focus on global security challenges, including global governance, democratic resilience, climate security, and many more topics. 
  • On Saturday, debates will take place on the state of the international order as well as regional conflicts and crises. 
  • The future of the transatlantic partnership will also be a focus of the second day of the conference. 
  • On Sunday, the conference will wrap up with discussions on Europe’s role in the world.

The MSC 2025 will once again serve as a marketplace for ideas and create space for as many relevant and consequential debates as possible. As in previous years, the conference’s program consists of three parts: the main program curated by the MSC, around 200 official side events, and dozens of public outreach events. The day before the conference, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany, Jörg Kukies, will bring together ministers and high representatives from international institutions for the 4th No Money for Terror Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.

At the end of the third and last conference day, Jens Stoltenberg will succeed Christoph Heusgen as the new Chair of the MSC.


Ewald von Kleist Award & McCain Dissertation Award 2025 - Munich Security  Conference
Ewald von Kleist Award & McCain Dissertation Award 2025 
- Munich Security Conference
 
The John McCain Award 2025 
Tim Heinkelmann-Wild (@heinkelmannwild) / X
The MSC is proud to award this year’s John McCain Dissertation Award 2025 to Tim Heinkelmann-Wild for his outstanding academic achievements in the field of transatlantic relations. 
 
Tim HEINKELMANN-WILD | Post-Doc Researcher & Lecturer | Dr. des. |  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, München | LMU |  Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft | Research profile
Heinkelmann-Wild’s thesis “After Exit: Alternative Leadership and Institutional Resilience after Hegemonic Withdrawal” examines how international institutions and treaties were affected by US withdrawal. 
 
His dissertation and its conclusion that in such cases, European countries have often been able to maintain international cooperation, is of considerable policy importance at the current moment. 
 
The jury was profoundly impressed by the thoroughness and depth of his research.


 
 

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