Short version

On November 17–20, 2020, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is hosting the fifth annual Stockholm Security Conference (SSC 20). 

This year the event is being convened in a virtual format. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘International Cooperation: Navigating the Way Ahead’. The conference participants discuss current trends in international cooperation and their implications for the future of international security and multilateralism.

Full version

On November 17–20, 2020, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is hosting the fifth annual Stockholm Security Conference (SSC 20). 

This year the event is being convened in a virtual format. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘International Cooperation: Navigating the Way Ahead’. The conference participants discuss current trends in international cooperation and their implications for the future of international security and multilateralism.

The focus of experts, diplomats, military and civil society leaders is on the changing balance of power in the world, the development of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, the crisis of international organizations, and other features of the current stage in the development of world politics that pose threats to international stability.

Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, as well as Elena Chernenko, RIAC Expert, Deputy Head of the International Section at the Kommersant daily newspaper, will address the Conference.

Session "Challenges to international cooperation: Past, present and future"