This year's Munich Security Conference brought renewed focus to debates around multipolarity, strategic autonomy, and the future of international cooperation. Discussions ranged from the role of alliances and sovereignty to differing approaches to security and global governance, highlighting how major powers are interpreting a changing international landscape.

We examine how Europe is navigating its transatlantic relationships alongside calls for greater autonomy, how US messaging is being interpreted internationally, and whether China and Europe can translate discussions on multipolarity into practical cooperation on trade, technology, and security, or whether the world is moving toward a more divided order.

On this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Wang Wen, Dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, Mark Shanahan, Associate Professor at the University of Surrey, and Peter Kuznick, Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University.

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