
Posted: 17th February 2026

Perry World House was delighted to once again host a side event at the Munich Security Conference. After hosting our first side event in 2025, we brought together over 20 leading foreign affairs and national security practitioners and academics.
This year’s event was titled “Droning On: Rethinking Precision and the Future of Warfare” and featured PWH Faculty Director Michael C. Horowitz and MIT Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security and Political Science Vipin Narang, moderated by Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. Click below to read more.

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, PWH’s Penn International Climate Observatory co-convened an expert consultation titled “Climate Intelligence and Strategic Preparedness alongside the U.N. Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Robert Habeck, PWH Distinguished Global Leader and former Vice Chancellor of Germany, delivered keynote remarks, framing the geopolitical and economic stakes of near-term climate decisions. Click below to read more.