Andrew Latham
For decades, the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has served as the premier venue for transatlantic leaders to reaffirm their shared commitment to collective security. It has been a forum where American presidents and European policymakers could, even in times of political turbulence, restate the enduring strength of NATO and the transatlantic alliance.
This year, however, the tone is different.
New Global Order: Is This the Beginning of the End for NATO?
The 2025 MSC is taking place at a moment of profound geopolitical transition, where the old certainties of the post-Cold War order are eroding.
The North Atlantic security framework, long anchored in U.S. leadership and European dependence on American military power, is coming under mounting strain—perhaps fatally. Two key forces are accelerating this transformation.
The first is the geopolitical shift to multipolarity, where American hegemony is no longer unchallenged and Europe must navigate a world in which power is more dispersed and contested. The second is the rise (or return) of the “sovereigntist” strategic vision – which I will call “sovereigntism” – a strategic vision that has taken hold in the United States, particularly under the Trump administration, and is mirrored in the growing strength of right-wing nationalist movements in Europe.
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