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Tobias Bunde

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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 .. more

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · 12d

Christian and Adam's book will be published in February: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congratulations, Steve!

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Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social · Aug 11

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.

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Polen: Deutsch-polnische Beziehungen vor Zerreißprobe

Die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen stehen vor einer Abwärtsspirale. Deutschland muss Verantwortung übernehmen, um die Partnerschaft zu stärken.

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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · Dec 19

The endeavor will be undertaken together with our long-standing partner @munsecconf.bsky.social. Project leads at
@hertiesecurity.bsky.social are @mephenke.bsky.social, Julian Wucherpfennig, and @tobiasbunde.bsky.social. The supervisory board consists of Wolfgang Ischinger and Graham Allison.

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Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social · Feb 17

📢 #MSC2024: Agenda Day 2 | Part One

Watch the livestream: securityconference.org/en/msc-2024/...

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Jun 17

:-D

Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Jun 17

Likewise! Given what's happening these days, not sure what kind of situation we're in by next week... I miss the boring days...

Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you very much, Steve!

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Jun 17

💼 Details & how to apply: securityconference.org/ueber-uns/st...

🗓️ Deadline: June 29, 2025

Positions can be full-time or part-time. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Arbeiten Sie für die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz!

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Jun 1

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."

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Apr 25

So sorry. 😢

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Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue @boelleu.bsky.social · Apr 4

🟢 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

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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · Mar 19

Calling all ISA members! We hope you'll join the new Research and Policy Section (RAPS).
@naazneenbarma.bsky.social @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social @jordantama.bsky.social @bwj77.bsky.social @danigilbert.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social

Research and Policy Section (RAPS)

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Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social · Mar 17

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...

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Mar 8

Watching in utter disbelief from the other side of the pond... What happened to all the "conservative" experts telling us Trump would be the best candidate for national security, being tougher on the adversaries of the democratic world?

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Mar 5

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.

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Mar 2

Sure! Did not want to suggest otherwise.

Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Mar 2

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

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Tobias Bunde @tobiasbunde.bsky.social · Mar 1

"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...

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