🗣️ Meet the keynote speaker of this year’s Czech Security Forum: Brett Ashley Leeds. Brett Ashley Leeds, Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Political Science at Rice University, is one of the leading scholars working on military alliances, foreign policy and the relationship between domestic politics and international security. She will speak about the role of the United States in contemporary military alliances and how domestic political developments and foreign policy change can shape alliance relations and international security. Drawing on her extensive research on alliance politics, the keynote will also explore the broader implications of these developments for today’s security environment. Join us on 22 October at Atrium Žižkov and also hear from other leading international experts discussing the future of NATO, European security, foreign interference and political polarisation. iir.cz/czech-security-forum-…

The Czech Security Forum, one of the leading security conferences in the region, is returning to Prague. This year, we will meet on 22 October 2026 in the charming setting of the former baroque church at Atrium Žižkov, where some of the world's leading experts from institutions such as NATO, PRIF, Rice University, the University of Oxford and the University of Copenhagen will bring their newest insights in security, international relations and geopolitics. This year’s edition, titled “Polarization, Interference, and Fragmentation of the Western Alliance”, will explore how growing political divisions and foreign interference are reshaping Western alliances, NATO and the future of European security. At a moment when the West is being tested not only by external threats, but also by divisions within its own societies and alliances, this debate could hardly be more timely. Be part of the discussion and secure your place now, registration is open: iir.cz/czech-security-forum-… 🔷 The Czech Security Forum 2026 is once again brought to you by the Institute of International Relations Prague and the Peace Research Center Prague (@prcprague), in cooperation with the Institute of International Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (@imsfsvuk), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Prague, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Prague and the Embassy of Denmark in Prague. 🔷 The conference is supported by the European Regional Development Fund project “Foreign Interference in the Context of Geopolitical and Technological Change (INTERFER)” (reg. no. CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008692), with the support of the European Union and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (@msmtcr).