Redefining Security for the 21st Century- Common Security Conference 2025

TIME AND PLACE:

April 10th 15:00-17:00(CEST), April 11th 10:00-18:00(CEST)
Online (zoom link will be sent upon registration).
The conference will be held in English. Translation options will be available. See registration.

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The global order and balance of power is in the midst of rapid and unpredictable changes, leading to new violent conflicts, realms of contestation, and increasing global tensions. As the post-Cold War era comes to an end and reveals its shortcomings, the new international order has not yet emerged and remains to be defined.

Today, global decision-makers have broken down nuclear arms regulation and once again resorting to power politics and strategic competition with heavy investments in the military industry at enormous social and environmental cost. We strongly believe that civil society, the working class, and marginalized groups must have a say in what the new order looks like. The concept of Common Security, developed during the 1980s Cold War confrontation and revitalized in the 21 st century, can serve as an important tool to define from civil society what a new order should look like.

The online Common Security Conference 2025: Redefining Security for the 21st Century brings together politicians, international officials, trade union leaders, non-governmental organizations, peace activists, and more for critical discussions on concrete steps and strategies for global, regional, national, and local level movements for a more just and peaceful future for us all. We invite you to be part of the movement for a common security policy for the new age – one that prioritizes human life over war and imperialism, that emphasizes our common humanity over division, and that pushes for global cooperation to resolve disagreements and conflicts.

Speakers include:

Jan Eliasson, Swedish and international diplomat, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (2012-2016) and Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006)
Annika Söder, Chair of the European Institute of Peace and former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Cecilia M. Bailliet, UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary, Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)

See the full program.

Arranged by:

Olof Palmes Internationella Center
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Endorsed by:

LO Sweden
Alianza Iberoamericana por la Paz
ONG ASRAD Mali
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Network