News Excerpt:

The External Affairs Minister of India attended the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany.

More about the news:

• The three-day 60th meeting offers a unique opportunity for high-level debates on the world’s most pressing security challenges. 
• This Conference brings together security experts and politicians, military leaders and the defense industry from around the world.

About Munich Security Conference:

• Historical Background:

• • The MSC was founded by a German official and publisher Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist at the peak of the Cold War (1947-1991). 
    • Starting in 1963, the conference initially only focused on military issues and was mainly attended by western countries and their high-profile officials, who came together to display a united front in their struggle with Soviet communism.
  • After the end of the Cold War, the conference expanded its agenda that went beyond defence and security matters to include issues such as climate change and migration. 
  • It also started to invite leaders from eastern nations, including Russia, India and China.
• It is an annual conference on global security issues.
• For more than 50 years, the Munich Security Conference has been promoting international dialogue, offering a platform for global decision-makers. 
• It is a forum for debating international security policy.
• It provides a venue for official and non-official diplomatic initiatives and ideas to address the world’s most pressing security concerns.

• Objective:

• • Its objective is to build trust and to contribute to the peaceful resolution of conflicts by sustaining a continuous, curated and informal dialogue within the international security community.  
  • Involving the next generation in this exchange has always been a primary goal of the MSC.
• It covers a wide range of security-related topics, including transatlantic and European issues, as well as emerging challenges for the international community.