Where is the conference being held?

The conference is being held in Dnipro, UKR.

What is the primary focus of the conference?

The conference focuses on the theoretical and applied aspects of international and national security.

When does the conference begin?

The conference is scheduled to begin in the spring.

X International Scientific and Practical Conference “International and National Security: Theoretical and Applied Aspects”

Name: X International Scientific and Practical Conference “International and National Security: Theoretical and Applied Aspects”
Start: 2026-03-16 00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-16 00:00:00+00:00
Location: Dnipro

Mar 16, 2026Dnipro, UkraineIn-person

Registration open

The International Scientific and Practical Conference, focusing on "International and National Security: Theoretical and Applied Aspects," convenes experts to explore contemporary challenges and theoretical frameworks in security studies. Hosted in Dnipro, UKR, this event provides a platform for in-depth discussions on the multifaceted nature of security, encompassing both domestic and global dimensions. Participants will engage with current research and practical applications relevant to maintaining stability and addressing threats.

Committees & topics

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
Disarmament and International Security Committee (GA First Committee)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
International Criminal Court (ICC)
International Criminal Court (ICC)

Why it matters

This conference is particularly relevant given the evolving global security landscape, marked by complex geopolitical shifts and emerging threats. By bringing together diverse perspectives, the event aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of how national and international security are interconnected. The discussions will delve into theoretical underpinnings, offering academic rigor to the analysis of security challenges, while also exploring practical applications and policy implications. This dual focus ensures that insights generated are both intellectually robust and operationally useful.

The emphasis on both theoretical and applied aspects underscores the need for interdisciplinary approaches to security. Understanding the theoretical frameworks helps in identifying the root causes of insecurity and predicting future trends, while applied aspects focus on developing concrete strategies and solutions. This holistic approach is crucial for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners alike, enabling them to navigate the complexities of modern security environments. The conference serves as a vital forum for sharing knowledge and best practices, contributing to more effective security strategies worldwide.

How to prepare

To effectively engage with the conference themes, participants should consider undertaking a thorough "Dynamic Analysis" of current security paradigms. This involves not only understanding the immediate threats but also the underlying systemic issues that contribute to instability. A critical review of relevant literature on international relations theory, conflict resolution, and strategic studies will provide a strong theoretical foundation.

Furthermore, preparing for discussions on applied aspects requires an understanding of various "Engagement Strategies" in conflict zones and post-conflict reconstruction. Participants should also consider how "Gender Dynamics Across Cultures" influence security outcomes, as gender-sensitive approaches are increasingly recognized as vital for sustainable peace. Identifying "Hidden Stakeholders" and conducting a preliminary "Stakeholder Mapping Workshop" for specific security scenarios can also enhance preparedness, allowing for a more nuanced contribution to the discussions.

Country perspectives

Where the most-relevant 4 countries stand on the core issues in play. Click through for the full country profile.

Ukraine

As the host nation, UKR is particularly focused on national security, territorial integrity, and international support for its sovereignty.

Role in topic

UKR is central to discussions on national and international security due to ongoing geopolitical challenges and its strategic location in Europe. The country's experiences offer critical case studies for examining resilience, international aid, and the impact of conflict on state stability.

United States

The USA maintains a global perspective on security, emphasizing alliances, counter-terrorism, and strategic competition.

Role in topic

The USA plays a significant role in international security through its military capabilities, diplomatic efforts, and economic influence. Its policies often shape global security agendas, particularly concerning collective defense and responses to transnational threats.

Russia

RUS prioritizes its national interests and regional influence, often viewing security through the lens of great power competition.

Role in topic

RUS is a key actor in international security, particularly in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Its actions and foreign policy decisions have profound implications for regional stability and global power dynamics, making its perspective essential for comprehensive security discussions.

China

CHN focuses on economic security, regional stability in Asia, and the protection of its growing global interests.

Role in topic

CHN's rising economic and military power makes it an increasingly important player in both national and international security. Its Belt and Road Initiative and its stance on regional disputes significantly influence global security paradigms.

Topics & background

The background behind each topic and the actors that shape it.

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)

The CCPCJ was established by ECOSOC resolution 1992/1, replacing the earlier Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, to serve as the UN's principal policymaking body on crime prevention and criminal justice. It guides the work of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, oversees implementation of the UN standards and norms in crime prevention, and prepares the quinquennial UN Crime Congresses (most recently Kyoto 2021, with the next in Abu Dhabi). Its mandate spans transnational organized crime, corruption, trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants, and emerging forms of crime such as cybercrime and environmental crime. The Commission has become a key venue for negotiating responses to phenomena that outpace national law, including illicit financial flows, ransomware, and the abuse of cryptocurrencies. The 2024 adoption of the UN Convention against Cybercrime by the General Assembly — negotiated through an Ad Hoc Committee that reports to the CCPCJ ecosystem — illustrates both the Commission's relevance and the deep divisions among member states over human rights safeguards, dual criminality, and data access. Debates remain sharp between states favoring expansive cooperation tools and those, alongside civil society, warning of surveillance risks. Today the CCPCJ confronts a portfolio that links classic organized crime to hybrid threats: cyber-enabled fraud compounds in Southeast Asia, fentanyl and synthetic opioid supply chains, illicit mining and wildlife trafficking financing armed groups, and the criminal exploitation of conflict zones. Delegates are expected to negotiate normative guidance, technical assistance priorities for UNODC, and follow-up to the Kyoto Declaration.

Key players

Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)

Disarmament and International Security Committee (GA First Committee)

DISEC, the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, has been the principal universal forum for disarmament and international security since the GA's first session in 1946, when its inaugural resolution called for the elimination of atomic weapons. Across the Cold War it shaped the NPT (1968), the Biological Weapons Convention (1972), and the Chemical Weapons Convention (1993), and it remains linked to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament and to UNODA. Unlike the Security Council, its resolutions are non-binding, but they set normative direction and mandate negotiating processes such as the Group of Governmental Experts and Open-Ended Working Groups. The contemporary agenda has shifted from classical arms control toward emerging-technology governance. The collapse of the INF Treaty (2019), New START's expiration trajectory, stalled PAROS negotiations, and repeated ASAT tests have eroded the post-Cold War arms-control architecture. Meanwhile, debates on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons have intensified since the 2023 GGE, and cyber norms are being negotiated through the OEWG on ICTs. The war in Ukraine has revived nuclear-rhetoric concerns and exposed weaknesses in conventional-arms transfer regimes. Today DISEC's core fault lines are meaningful human control over autonomous weapons, verification of compliance in new domains, the militarization of outer space, and the prevention of an AI-driven arms race — all set against deteriorating great-power relations.

Key players

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP was created by GA resolution 2997 (XXVII) following the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, becoming the UN's lead environmental authority. Headquartered in Nairobi — the first UN agency based in the Global South — it has catalyzed landmark instruments including the Montreal Protocol (1987), the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions on hazardous chemicals and waste, and the Minamata Convention on Mercury (2013). Its governing body, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), convenes every two years and is the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment. UNEP's recent priorities have been shaped by the triple planetary crisis identified in its 2021 report Making Peace with Nature: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. UNEA-5.2 (2022) launched negotiations on a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, with the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) continuing work after the inconclusive INC-5 in Busan in 2024. UNEP also hosts the secretariat of the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution, agreed in 2024, and supports implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework alongside the CBD. Today UNEP confronts a financing gap for environmental multilateralism, contested questions about extended producer responsibility and chemicals of concern in plastics, and the integration of environmental security into peace and development agendas — including environmental damage in armed conflicts.

Key players

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO was founded in 1945 in the aftermath of World War II with the conviction, expressed in its Constitution, that 'since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.' Headquartered in Paris, it works across education, the sciences, culture, and communication, and administers iconic instruments including the 1972 World Heritage Convention, the 2003 Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. It also adopted the first global normative instrument on AI ethics — the 2021 Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. The organization has long been politically contested. The United States and United Kingdom withdrew in the 1980s over management disputes, and the U.S. withdrew again in 2018 citing anti-Israel bias before rejoining in 2023; Israel followed a similar trajectory. UNESCO has played a prominent role in documenting and protecting cultural heritage in conflict zones — from Mali and Syria to Ukraine, where it verifies damage to cultural sites — and works with the ICC on heritage-related war crimes following the al-Mahdi precedent. Current debates center on AI and academic freedom, the safety of journalists, education in emergencies (notably Afghanistan, Sudan, and Gaza), open science, and the use of cultural heritage protection as both humanitarian imperative and geopolitical instrument.

Key players

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

UNODC was created in 1997 through the merger of the UN Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, consolidating the Vienna-based offices that service the three international drug control conventions (1961, 1971, 1988) and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo, 2000) with its protocols on trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants, and firearms. It also serves as guardian of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC, 2003) and, more recently, supports states in implementing the UN Convention against Cybercrime adopted by the GA in 2024. UNODC's operational work spans alternative development for opium and coca farmers, anti-money-laundering through its GPML programme, border management, criminal justice reform, and counter-terrorism capacity building. It produces flagship analytical products such as the World Drug Report and the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. The Office has faced criticism over the human rights implications of supply-side drug enforcement, and the global drug policy landscape has shifted with cannabis reform in the Americas and Europe, the fentanyl crisis in North America, and the Taliban's 2022 opium ban in Afghanistan. Today UNODC operates under severe funding pressure, with a heavy reliance on earmarked extrabudgetary contributions. Priority challenges include synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals, Southeast Asian cyber-enabled fraud compounds, environmental crime, and integrating human rights safeguards into law-enforcement assistance.

Key players

Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)

The Counter-Terrorism Committee was established by Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), adopted unanimously in the weeks after the 11 September attacks. Acting under Chapter VII, resolution 1373 imposed binding obligations on all states to criminalize terrorist financing, freeze terrorist assets, deny safe haven, and enhance border and information-sharing cooperation. The CTC monitors implementation with the support of its Executive Directorate (CTED), established by resolution 1535 (2004), which conducts country assessments and identifies technical-assistance needs. The CTC's mandate has evolved through successive resolutions: 1624 (2005) on incitement, 2178 (2014) on foreign terrorist fighters during the rise of ISIL, 2396 (2017) on returnees and the use of API/PNR data, and 2462 (2019) on terrorist financing. It coordinates closely with the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions regime, the 1540 Committee on WMD non-proliferation to non-state actors, and the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT, created 2017). The 2018 Delhi Declaration and 2022 special meeting in Mumbai and New Delhi addressed terrorist use of new technologies — drones, social media, and virtual assets. Current debates focus on the resurgence of ISIL-K and Sahelian affiliates, the human rights costs of counter-terrorism (including the listing process and 'terrorism' designations targeting civil society), the financing of terrorism through cryptocurrencies, and ensuring humanitarian carve-outs as codified in resolution 2664 (2022).

Key players

International Criminal Court (ICC)

The ICC was established by the Rome Statute, adopted in 1998 and entering into force on 1 July 2002, as the first permanent international tribunal with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and — since the 2010 Kampala amendments activated in 2018 — the crime of aggression. Seated in The Hague, the Court has 124 states parties but operates without the participation of major powers including the United States, China, Russia, and India. Its jurisdiction is complementary to national courts and is triggered by state referral, Security Council referral, or proprio motu action by the Prosecutor with Pre-Trial Chamber authorization. The Court's docket has expanded significantly. Early cases focused on African situations — Uganda, DRC, CAR, Darfur, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Libya — generating criticism of geographic bias, though most situations were self-referred. More recent investigations cover Georgia, Bangladesh/Myanmar, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Venezuela, Ukraine, and the Situation in the State of Palestine. In March 2023 the Court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, and in November 2024 issued warrants concerning Israeli and Hamas leadership in connection with the Gaza conflict, prompting sharp political backlash including U.S. sanctions on Court officials in 2025. Today the ICC faces a legitimacy and enforcement crisis: cooperation gaps with non-states parties, withdrawals and threats of withdrawal, severe budgetary pressure, and ongoing reform following the 2020 Independent Expert Review. Debates focus on universality, the relationship with the Security Council, and the Court's capacity to address crimes committed with new technologies.

Key players

Resources

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X International Scientific and Practical Conference “International and National Security: Theoretical and Applied Aspects”

Mar 16, 2026Dnipro, UkraineIn-person

Registration open

Committees & topics

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
Disarmament and International Security Committee (GA First Committee)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)
Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
International Criminal Court (ICC)
International Criminal Court (ICC)

Why it matters

How to prepare

Country perspectives

Where the most-relevant 4 countries stand on the core issues in play. Click through for the full country profile.

Ukraine

As the host nation, UKR is particularly focused on national security, territorial integrity, and international support for its sovereignty.

Role in topic

United States

The USA maintains a global perspective on security, emphasizing alliances, counter-terrorism, and strategic competition.

Role in topic

Russia

RUS prioritizes its national interests and regional influence, often viewing security through the lens of great power competition.

Role in topic

China

CHN focuses on economic security, regional stability in Asia, and the protection of its growing global interests.

Role in topic

Topics & background

The background behind each topic and the actors that shape it.

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)

Key players

Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)

Disarmament and International Security Committee (GA First Committee)

Key players

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Key players

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Key players

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Key players

Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)

Key players

International Criminal Court (ICC)

Key players

Resources

News, lessons, and country profiles to prep for X International Scientific and Practical Conference “International and National Security: Theoretical and Applied Aspects”.

Recent reporting to ground your prep

Supreme Court Upholds Election Commission Dis

Election Commission's Bengal Crackdown

US Job Openings at 6.7M

Trump's Economic Reset

Lessons

Bite-sized lessons to build the basics

Gender Dynamics Across Cultures

Hidden Stakeholders

Engagement Strategies

Dynamic Analysis

Courses

Guided courses that go deeper on the topic

Cross-Cultural Communication

Advanced Negotiation

Multilateral Negotiation

Policy Brief Writing

Ukraine March 2026

By committee

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Why it matters

How to prepare

Country perspectives

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