Helsinki Security Forum 2025: The Hour of Europe
The international order continues to face rapid and disruptive change. Strategic competition is intensifying, emerging technologies are redrawing the boundaries of power, and traditional assumptions about security no longer hold. In this reality, Europe must act decisively on several fronts to shape and defend a European security order that reflects its own interests and values.
Against this backdrop, the Helsinki Security Forum (HSF) convenes to discuss how Europe – together with its allies – can assume a greater role in its own defence and security. Themes of the conference span a wide range of issues, from the security implications of artificial intelligence to the geopolitical role of China, and from nuclear deterrence to alternative futures for Europe.
In this HSF 2025 report, researchers from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs share their expert perspectives of the themes of Helsinki Security Forum 2025.
Helsinki Security Forum is a flagship venue for high-level, in-depth discussions on international security and defence, viewed through a Northern European lens. Read more on HSF 2025 and register to follow the livestream here.
