Am 6. November 2025 wurde das Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Berlin erneut zum Ort sicherheitspolitischer Debatten:
Report (German)
Here you can find the report, photos and the recording of the NATO Talk Conference 2024 (German)
World Politics in Transition - Europe and NATO after the US elections
The German Atlantic Alliance in cooperation with the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (GCMC) cordially invites you to the NATO Talk Conference 2024. This prestigious event will bring together leaders, policymakers and experts to discuss the most pressing strategic challenges and opportunities facing the transatlantic alliance in a rapidly changing world.
From the impact of the US election to the evolving role of NATO and the EU in addressing new threats, we will provide key insights into the strategic choices that will shape the future of the transatlantic relationship.
Join us - live in Berlin or online! The entire conference will be simultaneously translated into English.
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Join us - live in Berlin or online! The entire conference will be simultaneously translated into English.
Agenda:
Conference Moderator:
09:00 – Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:20 – Keynote Address
10:20 – Panel 1: The Outcome of the US Elections and their Strategic Consequences
Chair:
11:50 – Panel 2: War in Ukraine, the threat of Russia, the challenge of China - what NATO and the Europeans must do
Chair:
13:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 – NATO’s 75th Anniversary: In Conversation
14:30 – Panel 3: Hybrid warfare - system confrontation with China and Russia
Chair:
15:45 – Presentation of the Dr. Karl A. Lamers Peace-Prize
16:00 – Coffee Break
16:30 – Panel 4: Deterrence and Defense: Consequences for Germany and the Bundeswehr
Chair:
17:45 – Conference Summary: LtGen (retd.) Heinrich Brauss
18:00 – Final Remarks
Press Accreditation
If you wish to attend our conference as a member of the press, we kindly request prior accreditation. Please use the online accreditation form to register.
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NATO
NATO is the world's most successful security alliance, guaranteeing its member states peace, stability and security based on freedom, democracy and the rule of law for over 70 years. Security in our daily lives is the key to our well-being. NATO's goal is to ensure the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. NATO promotes democratic values and enables its members to consult and cooperate on defense and security issues in order to solve problems, build trust, and prevent conflict in the long term. NATO is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. When diplomatic efforts fail, it has the military means to conduct crisis management operations. These are conducted under the collective defense clause of NATO's founding treaty - Article 5 of the Washington Treaty - or under a United Nations mandate, alone or in cooperation with other nations and international organizations.
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a unique German-American partnership and trusted global network that promotes common values and advances collaborative geostrategic solutions. As an institution, the Marshall Center educates, engages, and empowers security partners to collectively affect regional, transnational, and global challenges, promoting security cooperation through tailored professional education and research. It offers opportunities for dialogue and the persistent, thorough, and thoughtful examination of issues that confront our region and the world both today, and in the years ahead. Since its founding in 1993, the Marshall Center has generated more than 16,000 alumni representing over 160 countries whose numbers include senior policymakers and military officers, as well as career civil servants from dozens of ministries.
In recent years...
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NATO Talk History
In 2008, German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer opened the first "NATO Talk" of the German Atlantic Association at Hotel Adlon Kempinski. Over the years, the “NATO Talk” conference has developed into one of the most important security conferences in Germany.
Since 2008, the “NATO Talk” conference has been able to welcome high-ranking guests every year, including NATO Secretaries General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Jens Stoltenberg, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Joschka Fischer and Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Tobias Lindner.
Every year, the “NATO Talk” conference provides an opportunity to exchange on the latest developments in global security policy, with a special focus on transatlantic relations and the NATO Alliance. Together with experts from politics, diplomacy, the military, academia and civil society, we create a forum for dialogue and address current and often contentious foreign and security policy issues in order to promote debate on Europe's security and the future of the transatlantic partnership.
Since 2008, the “NATO Talk” conference has been able to welcome high-ranking guests every year, including NATO Secretaries General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Jens Stoltenberg, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Joschka Fischer and Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Tobias Lindner.
Every year, the “NATO Talk” conference provides an opportunity to exchange on the latest developments in global security policy, with a special focus on transatlantic relations and the NATO Alliance. Together with experts from politics, diplomacy, the military, academia and civil society, we create a forum for dialogue and address current and often contentious foreign and security policy issues in order to promote debate on Europe's security and the future of the transatlantic partnership.
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