The Institute of International Relations (IIR) cordially invites you to its annual security conference, “Czech Security Forum 2025: A New Cold War? Panel – Proxy Conflicts in a New Cold War.” The event will take place on 22 October 2025 at Kampus Hybernská in Prague.
The contemporary international system is marked by growing polarization, with alliances forming across both old and new conflict zones. This trend points to a gradual division of global power into two blocs of a “new cold war”: Western-aligned states and anti-Western powers such as Russia and China, often supported by actors like Iran and North Korea.
Proxy wars and information warfare are central to this rivalry, raising key questions: How do today’s proxy conflicts differ from those of the past? What new strategies, technologies, or methods are being deployed? To what extent is this confrontation shaped by ideology – democracy versus authoritarianism?
Equally important is the role of “neutral” or “non-aligned” states. How will they navigate the intensifying rivalry, and what will determine their choices? Exploring these issues helps us better understand the dynamics of the new cold war and its impact on the future international order.
Event details
22 October 2025 9:00 AM (CET)
Kampus Hybernská (Hybernská 998/4, 110 00 Nové Město, Prague 1)
Language: English
The Czech Security Forum (CSF) is organised by the Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR, Head of Czech ALF Network) in cooperation with Charles University’s Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP). The project is supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Prague and the Embassy of Canada to Czechia.
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