Czech Security Forum 2025: A New Cold War?

Name: Czech Security Forum 2025: A New Cold War?
Start: 2025-10-22T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-22T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Kampus Hybernská

Schedule

Wed Oct 22 2025 at 09:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Kampus Hybernská | Prague, PR

Do you feel like history might be repeating itself and that we might be standing at the edge of a new Cold War? What would that actually mean for global security and for countries like Czechia caught in between? If you ask yourself this too, then join us at the Czech Security Forum 2025 on 22 October at Kampus Hybernská, Prague, where we’ll explore these questions together with leading experts and scholars in international relations.
Join us on 22 October 2025 from 09:00 at Kampus Hybernská.
Register now: https://www.iir.cz/czech-security-forum-2025-1
Why attend? You will gain a clear, expert-led map of current proxy conflicts and their implications, see what is genuinely new when comparing historical and contemporary dynamics, and hear what these trends mean for Czech foreign and security policy—and where key choices lie next.
Programme highlights
• Keynote: Barry Buzan (The London School of Economics and Political Science)
• Panel 1 — New Cold War: Barry Buzan; Erik Lin-Greenberg (MIT); Heidi Hardt (University of California); Mariya Grinberg (MIT). Moderator: Michal Smetana (Peace Research Center Prague).
• Panel 2 — Foreign Interference in the New Cold War: Sergej Medveděv (Charles University); Kristin Bakke (University College London); Kåre Dahl Martinsen (Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies). Moderator: Asya Metodieva (Institute of International Relations Prague).
• Panel 3 — Implications for Czech Foreign and Security Policy: Tomáš Weiss (Peace Research Center Prague); Michal Onderčo (Erasmus University Rotterdam); Šárka Kolmašová (Metropolitan University Prague). Moderator: Jakub Eberle (Peace Research Center Prague).
Organised by the Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) in cooperation with Charles University’s Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP). Supported by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Prague.