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The annual Kiel Security Conference serves as a high-level platform for dialogue among policy makers, military leaders, experts and civil society representatives on pressing international security challenges.
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine remains the most significant and direct challenge to Europe’s security and continues to reshape the continent’s strategic environment. Beyond the battlefield, Russia has intensified hybrid operations across Europe – including cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, sabotage, and persistent threats to critical infrastructure – identified as top‑tier risks for the EU in 2026.
The maritime domain has become particularly vulnerable. The Black Sea remains a focal point of military confrontation, blockades, and attacks on civilian shipping, with direct repercussions for regional and global security. At the same time, hybrid operations, threats to critical undersea infrastructure, and the use of shadow fleets keep destabilizing the Baltic Sea. New geostrategic pressure is also emerging in the Arctic and the High North. Russia is expanding its military footprint and hybrid threat activities in the region, while China is increasing its presence through dual‑use research, military‑civil fusion initiatives, and strategic economic engagement.
Simultaneously, Europe faces additional global risks that compound its security environment: a potential U.S. retrenchment from its role as Europe’s primary security guarantor, the rising likelihood of a China–Taiwan conflict with direct implications for European stability and mounting cyber vulnerabilities and disinformation threats. These developments highlight Europe’s increasing exposure to extra‑regional crises.
Against the backdrop of these converging challenges – and shifting U.S. security priorities – European countries must accelerate efforts to build credible deterrence and defence against Russia as the primary threat, while strengthening resilience against hybrid, cyber, and infrastructure‑related risks and enhancing their capacity to respond to global crises.
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08:00 – 09:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 09:10 | Conference Opening and Welcome Remarks
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Chairwoman of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Dr Ben Schreer
Executive Director, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Europe
09:10 – 10:00 | Keynotes and High-Level Conversation
H.E. Oana-Silvia Țoiu
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
H.E. Dr Johann Wadephul
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany
Moderation:
Dr Ben Schreer
Executive Director, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Europe10:00 – 11:00 | Panel I: Baltic Sea – Black Sea: Different Challenges, Connected Solutions
Europeans are assuming greater responsibility for the defence of their maritime domains. From the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, both regions face increasingly dynamic and complex threats. In the Baltic Sea, these are predominantly hybrid, whereas the Black Sea is characterized by direct kinetic warfare. This panel will explore how lessons learned, best practices, and coordinated approaches can strengthen maritime deterrence and defence across both regions, identifying common solutions to different challenges.
Niclas Herbst
Member of the European Parliament
Committee of Security and Defence
Chairman of the CDU/CSU Group
Solomiia Bobrovska (tbc)
Member of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
Audra Plepytė (tbc)
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Prof. Mitat Çelikpala
Vice Rector, Kadir Has University, Türkiye
Moderation:
Thomas Birringer
Head of KAS Ukraine
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break and Networking
11:30 – 11:45 | High Level Keynote
H.E. Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir (tbc)
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland11:45 – 12:45 | Panel II: Protecting the Arctic and the High North
Increased military activity of China and Russia in the Arctic and the High North are of concern to NATO allies. This panel examines the concrete activities and risks posed by Russia and China in the Arctic and the High North, including military posturing, hybrid tactics, and challenges to freedom of navigation and critical infrastructure. It will also explore how the United States and European allies can jointly ensure stability and security in the North Atlantic.
Speakers:
Eivind Vad Petersson (tbc)
State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
MP James Bezan
Member of the House of Commons of Canada
Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack
Chief of the German Navy
Vice Admiral Robert G Pedre CB (tbc)
Commander, Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), NATO
Moderation:
Nick Childs
Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security,
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:00 | High Level Keynote
H.E. Margus Tsahkna
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
14:00 – 15:15 | Panel III: The Future of Europe’s Deterrence Posture
In light of shifting US security priorities, Europeans are assuming greater responsibility for the defence of the continent. European allies must quickly fill capability gaps in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strengthen deep precision strike potential and rethink future conventional and nuclear force requirements as part of a new transatlantic deterrence arrangement. This panel will examine how European allies can strengthen multi-domain deterrence in a NATO framework and develop a more effective division of labour.
Thomas Röwekamp
Member of the German Bundestag,
Chairman of the Defence Committee
Alice Rufo (tbc)
Minister Delegate to the Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans, Ministry for the Armed Forces, France
Andrzej Halicki (tbc)
Member of the European Parliament,
Vice-Chair, Group of the European People's Party
Poland - Platforma Obywatelska
Vice Admiral Jeffrey T. Anderson (tbc)
Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet
Commander, U.S. Striking and Supporting Forces NATO
Moderation:
Dr. Christina Krause
Head of Department International and Security Affairs
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung15:15 – 15:30 | Closing Remarks
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