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NSM Newsletter #6 - FROHE WEIHNACHTEN!
Donnerstag, 12. November 2026

UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS

Dear all, 

we started one year from here, with now more than 1000 followers under our motto "IDEAS WITHOUT BORDERS"! We sincerely thank you for your trust and fidelity.

As usual, read and enjoy the activities of the community and a selection of best posts in NSM Newsletter #6.

Happy Xmas and a happy 2027!

Ursula Werther-Pietsch &
Friedarike Santner

THE NSM HOSTS A ROUNDTABLE AT THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE 2027

One of the biggest adventures of the NSM will take place in mid-February. Keep updated via linkedIn and other media.

Together with the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science (GSI) at LMU Munich (and the AIES), the NSM will host a roundtable on "UN-broken? Multilateralism in an Age of Multipolarization and Geopoliticization. Rethinking Who Leads When Great Powers Step Back, and What Role for the EU on XX.02.2027 at XXX.

Opened by SC Member, Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (tbc), the roundtable discusses one proposal: Europe as a global connector that coordinates coalitions within multilateral institutions, for example through an EU Mediation Hub. Civil and military experts from Europe, Ukraine, Africa and Canada, moderated by Katharina Horban (Table.Briefings), will debate it and conclude with concrete policy recommendations.

The event is solution-oriented. Instead of adding another diagnosis of crisis, concrete options drawn on evidence and first-hand experience in multilateral fora, diplomacy and mediation. Second, it gives partners from Ukraine and the Global South a seat at the table rather than in the audience. Third, it is built for intergenerational exchange and part of continuing workstreams within OECD, EU, NSM and others.

→ MSC27

NEXT READING ON 27 FEBRUARY 2027

Literature, politics and life music.

Looking forward to meet all NSM members and associates in Bella Volen's bellissima Art Gallery at Landesgerichtsstrasse 6, 1010 Vienna at 18:30h!

We will listen to Alexander Strupp, Isabella Lazar and Florian Weinreich on their groundbreaking research “communication & dialogue” and have a little chat on peace & security in the follow up of the Munich Security Conference 2027 where the NSM was present with a panel.

Happy to welcome you!

Details to follow. 

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT - PALGRAVE McMILLAN

In my personal capacity I'd like to share that Palgrave McMillan has accepted a new piece from my side. 

It is on PEACE AND SECURITY UNDER MULTIPOLAR CONDITIONS,

and will give a sketch on how multipolarity will design international relations along geopolitical criteria. A new World Net Order, as delineated in my book of 2024, is ready to understand the future global mechanism of peace and security, and its regional implications. To be published in early 2028.

My life's work!

Ursula  

 

CALL FOR BLOG POSTS

We are looking forward to your original, thought-provoking contribution of approx. 1500 words, written in a scientific well-argued style, plus a portrait photo with 360dpi and your bio in 2-3 lines. Gladly focus on our new sub streams "Reviving Multilateralism – Forging Future Coalitions" as well as "What global role for the EU in the world".

Submissions on a rolling basis, to ursula.werther-pietsch@univie.ac.at, Friedarike.santner@gmail.com, and Ilanaabbeywalker@gmail.com.  

BEST OF - CAN'T MISS

From Davos to New York

by Tim Heinkelmann-Wild

Political Participation

by Valerio Siciliano

Europe protesting - what's in it?

von Ursula Werther-Pietsch (url fehlt noch)

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