PSSI’s prestigious NATO Summer School, now in its 20th year, was organized in cooperation with NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, The British Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway. Learn more about the project here and this year’s edition here.

 

This intensive one-week course brought together a select group of university students and young professionals seeking to deepen their expertise with regard to the current threat environment and available policy options.

The course included 12 lectures by Czech and foreign security experts, including sitting and former senior policy practitioners and scholars. Additionally, participants take part in a week-long international crisis simulation based on actual geopolitical circumstances.

Specific topics covered at the 2025 NATO Summer School included:

  • Economic and Financial Statecraft
  • Space Security
  • The Growing Threat of China
  • Disinformation and Hybrid Threats
  • Cyber Security
  • Russia’s Continued War on Ukraine