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Tobias Bunde
@tobiasbunde.bsky.social
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Director of Research & Policy at the Munich Security Conference | Professor of International Security at the Hertie School Centre for International Security in Berlin | working on German foreign policy, NATO, international order, and nuclear security
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tobiasbunde.bsky.social
The @bjpir.bsky.social special section on European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war, co-edited by Benjamin Martill and @susmonika.bsky.social, has now been assigned to an issue. Almost all contributions, including my own (see below), are #openaccess articles: journals.sagepub.com/toc/bpia/27/4.
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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pfuhrhop.bsky.social
Come work with us @swp-berlin.org @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social! Still one more week to apply for a great project.
swp-intsecurity.bsky.social SWP International Security @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social · Oct 14
📢 Zum 01.01.2026 suchen wir zwei Wissenschaftler:innen für das vom BMVg geförderte Forschungsprojekt
„Rückkehr des militärischen Wettbewerbs – Deutschlands Sicherheit zwischen russischer Bedrohung und transatlantischer Ungewissheit“

🕒Vollzeit | befristet bis 31.12.2027
💼E 14 TVöD
📅Frist: 01.11.2025
Wissenschaftler:innen (d/m/w)
Wir suchen zum 1. Januar 2026 zweiWissenschaftler:innen (d/m/w)für das vom BMVg geförderte Forschungsprojekt »Die Rückkehr des militärischen...
www.swp-berlin.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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munsecconf.bsky.social
Europa kann sich ohne Deutschland und Polen nicht verteidigen.

Im @faznet.bsky.social-Gastbeitrag mit Monika Sus beschreibt
@tobiasbunde.bsky.social drei konkrete Maßnahmen, wie die Bundesregierung die Abwärtsspirale der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen beenden könnte.

www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Polen: Deutsch-polnische Beziehungen vor Zerreißprobe
Die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen stehen vor einer Abwärtsspirale. Deutschland muss Verantwortung übernehmen, um die Partnerschaft zu stärken.
www.faz.net
August 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
We're hiring at the @munsecconf.bsky.social (Munich Security Conference)!
We're looking for:
Senior Researcher (focus: survey research & data analysis)
Senior Researcher (open profile – we’re looking for complementarity, not duplication)
Editor (native-level English; excellent German is a plus)
Stellenangebote
Arbeiten Sie für die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz!
securityconference.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
Indeed hard to believe. If someone had told me some months ago that a key official in the Trump administration would refer to Germany as a positive example when criticizing other Allies' lack of defense spending... Pete Hegseth at the Shangri-La Dialogue. www.defense.gov/News/Speeche...
Excerpt from the speech: "And it's hard to believe, a little bit, after some trips to Europe that I'm saying this this – but thanks to President Trump Asian allies should look to countries in Europe as a new-found example. NATO members are pledging to spend 5% of their GDP on defense, even Germany. So it doesn't make sense for countries in Europe to do that while key allies in Asia spend less on defense in the face of an even more formidable threat, not to mention North Korea."
June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social
DWD-Fakten zur aktuellen #Trockenheit in #Deutschland: Noch nie seit Beginn der Auswertung 1931 war es in Deutschland im Zeitraum von Anfang Februar bis Mitte April so trocken wie 2025. Mehr Details auch zu #Europa in der heutigen Pressemitteilung unter www.dwd.de/presse
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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boelleu.bsky.social
🟢 New job alert! 📣
🌐 Head of Programme – 𝗘𝗨 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 at @boelleu.bsky.social in #Brussels
🚀 Full-time, to start 𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗣
💼 All info 👉 eu.boell.org/en/vacancy-h...
⏳ Deadline for applications 𝗦𝘂𝗻 𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧

#Vacancy #Jobs @boell.de @verabenatar.bsky.social @philks.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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naazneenbarma.bsky.social
Please consider joining the new @isanet.bsky.social Research and Policy Section (RAPS)!
March 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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munsecconf.bsky.social
Macht Deutschland sich selbst klein? Während durchschnittlich 54 % im Ausland es als Großmacht sehen, sind es im Inland nur 22 %.

In der @szde.bsky.social geben @tobiasbunde.bsky.social und Sophie Eisentraut Einblicke in das deutsche Selbstbild: www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/deut...
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
Recent events have underlined that we need to have more serious debates on #nuclear #deterrence in Europe. We're hosting our traditional @hertiesecurity.bsky.social Nuclear Security Workshop in Berlin in July. Deadline for applications: March 14. www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...
Nuclear Security Workshop at the Hertie School
Submit your papers for a Nuclear Security Workshop at the Centre for International Security taking place from 10 - 11 July, 2025.
www.hertie-school.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
As @andreasrinke.bsky.social reports, CDU/CSU and SPD are discussing two new special funds for defense and infrastructure, respectively. I doubt these two funds, if they materialize, will reach the 400 and 400-500 bn suggested here, but let's hope for a strong signal. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: Germany weighs special funds for defence and infrastructure, sources say
The parties in talks to form Germany's new government are considering quickly setting up two special funds potentially worth hundreds of billions of euros, one for defence and a second for infrastructure, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
"America's Stab in the Back" - @projectsyndicate.bsky.social has published a "Big Picture" collection of articles, including pieces by @plegrain.bsky.social, @dschwarzer.bsky.social, @sierakowski.bsky.social and me. www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/amer...
America’s Stab in the Back - Project Syndicate
“There’s a new sheriff in town,” declared US Vice President J.D. Vance at this year’s Munich Security Conference. With his boss, “Sheriff” Donald Trump, openly disparaging America’s longstanding secur...
www.project-syndicate.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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sarahbrockmeier.bsky.social
Ist wirklich eine Frage auch an Medien. Wie im Himmel ist es bei dieser Gefahrenlage auch für deutsche Bürgerinnen und Bürger möglich, dass die erste ernsthafte Debatte zu Sicherheitspolitik mit Parteispitzen 3 Sunden nach der Wahl stattfindet.
tobiasbunde.bsky.social Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Feb 23
Was für ein Wahnsinn ist das eigentlich, dass jetzt in der #Elefantenrunde zum ersten Mal außenpolitisch wirklich Tacheles zwischen den verschiedenen Parteien/Kandidat*innen gesprochen wird? #BTW2025
February 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
Was für ein Wahnsinn ist das eigentlich, dass jetzt in der #Elefantenrunde zum ersten Mal außenpolitisch wirklich Tacheles zwischen den verschiedenen Parteien/Kandidat*innen gesprochen wird? #BTW2025
February 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
J.D. Vance is right: the greatest threat to the West is indeed coming from within. New piece for Project Syndicate.
#MSC2025 #Westlessness www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
A Westless World | by Tobias Bunde - Project Syndicate
Tobias Bunde reflects on this year's Munich Security Conference and America's break from the transatlantic alliance.
www.project-syndicate.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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rainerrudolph.bsky.social
Westlessness Reloaded?
Great readout of #MSC2025 by @tobiasbunde.bsky.social and Sophie Eisentraut @munsecconf.bsky.social

👇

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Westlessness Reloaded? Key Takeaways From the Munich Security Conference 2025 - Munich Security Conference
Die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (MSC) ist das weltweit führende Forum für Debatten zu den drängendsten internationalen Sicherheitsrisiken.
securityconference.org
February 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
Westlessness
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
#Deutschland, eine Großmacht? Ernsthaft?
Mehrheiten in fast allen G7-Staaten, Brasilien, Indien, China und Südafrika sind der Meinung, dass 🇩🇪 eine Großmacht ist - in Deutschland sind es 22 Prozent. @szde.bsky.social-Gastbeitrag mit Sophie Eisentraut #MSC2025

www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/deut...
Deutschland: Die Großmacht, die sich kleinmacht - Selbstbild kritisch hinterfragen
Aus der Sicht des Auslands steht Deutschland deutlich besser da, als man hierzulande denkt. Es wird Zeit, das eigene Selbstbild kritisch zu hinterfragen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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munsecconf.bsky.social
At the Federal Press Conference, we launched the Munich Security Report 2025. @tobiasbunde.bsky.social and Sophie Eisentraut presented the common thread for discussions at #MSC2025: Multipolarization.

➡️ Read the full #MSCreport: securityconference.org/msr
February 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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bjpir.bsky.social
📝 Don't miss this BJPIR article out now!

'Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine' by Tobias Bunde

🔓 Available in #OpenAccess here:
https://buff.ly/4anfw1I
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
At EWIS 2025 in Krakow (July 2–4, 2025), @susmonika.bsky.social and I will host a workshop on "Reconfiguring Collective Deterrence and Defense on NATO’s Northern and Eastern Flanks." You can submit your abstract until February 11, 2025: eisa-net.org/ewis-2025 More info: eisa-net.org/wp-content/u...
12th European Workshops in International Studies, Krakow, Jagiellonian University, 2-4 July 2025 Workshops theme: Hybrid, liminal, ambiguous? International politics ‘in-between’ 
January 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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hertiesecurity.bsky.social
Is our global order witnessing a 'Nuclear Zeitenwende'? 🌍☢️

📚 @tobiasbunde.bsky.social & @profonderco.bsky.social co-edited a Nonproliferation Review issue on changes in domestic nuclear policies following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

🔗 Read more: www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...
January 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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hildevanmeegdenburg.com
Together with Andrew Palmer, I will be hosting a new Standing Section at the upcoming @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC in Bologna: Narrating World Polics.

If you are working on narratives in IR (broadly understood) we are much looking forward to your submissions!

eisa-net.org/pec-2025/
January 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
My article on #Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis has been published by the British Journal of Politics and International Relations: doi.org/10.1177/1369... (open access). It reflects my assessment of continuity and change of 🇩🇪 German foreign policy (as of early/mid-2024).
Screenshot of the abstract and other article details: ARTICLE Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Tobias Bunde © The Author(s) 2025 https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481241311568open_in_new Abstract While Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine represented a shock to countries across Europe, it was perceived as a particularly fundamental challenge in Germany – a ‘Zeitenwende’ as Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it. This article argues that the Russian invasion undermined widely shared foreign policy ideas, triggering a foreign policy identity crisis. This crisis allowed for significant ideational change and decisions previously considered unattainable. However, other elements of Germany’s foreign policy identity have proven to be remarkably resilient, shaping the response across various policy areas. The absence of a new consensus that could be linked to other elements of the German collective identity has slowed adaptation in some areas and allowed opponents to push back. While German foreign policy has changed significantly since the beginning of the invasion, additional adaptation will not be as swift and extensive as many of Berlin’s partners would like and as the changing security environment arguably demands.
January 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
tobiasbunde.bsky.social
What are the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for nuclear policies around the world? @profonderco.bsky.social and I co-edited a special issue of the Nonproliferation Review on the "Nuclear Zeitenwende," which just came out: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/3...
Photo of the cover of "The Nonproliferation Review" with the table of contents that can also be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/30/4-6
January 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM