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Ten Minutes On...
What to know what's going on? Ten Minutes On... offers context and a concise analysis of major events and news stories from Guy Burton, a politics and international relations scholar.
Guy draws on his knowledge and experience as a politics and international relations researcher, writer, educator and commentator while working in several universities around the world.
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Ten Minutes On... Munich, Media and the Multipolar Shift
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In this week's episode of Ten Minutes On…, Guy Burton examines how the 2026 Munich Security Conference (MSC) was reported and interpreted across the world. While Western media framed Munich as a test of the transatlantic alliance and Europe’s defence commitments, coverage from the Global South focused on systemic strain, shifting power balances, and the limits of Western-led security governance.
Drawing on multilingual reporting from Europe, the United States, East Asia, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East, this episode compares narratives around NATO, Ukraine, multilateralism and the so-called rules-based international order. What emerges is not just a debate about alliance politics, but a deeper divide over the future of global security, multipolarity, and the potential impact that non-Western voices may have in shaping the international system.