Michel Friedman spricht mit Carlo Masala – über Kooperation

At the start of the new year 2026, the philosopher, journalist and author Michel Friedman invites the professor and director of the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich for a discussion. Together they reflect on the meaning of “cooperation”.

After studying political science, German and Romance philology, Carlo Masala received his doctorate in 1996 with a thesis on German-Italian relations in the period 1963-1969. In December 2002, he was awarded the venia legendi for political science.

After a substitute professorship at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in the summer semester 2003, he moved to the NATO Defense College in Rome at the beginning of 2004, where he worked in the research department, first as Research Advisor and from 2006 as Deputy Director. In March 2007, he was appointed Professor of International Politics at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, which he accepted on July 1, 2007. Since January 2024, Prof. Carlo Masala has been Director of the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich.

Prof. Carlo Masala is co-editor of the Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB) and the Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen (ZfSA). He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy, was a permanent expert in the German Bundestag’s Enquete Commission on the Afghanistan mission and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Science Year 2024 at the Federal Ministry of Research and Education. In May 2024, he was appointed a full member of Section II: Law, Social and Economic Sciences of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In October 2024, he was elected to the board of the Hermann Ehlers Foundation. Since 2018, he has co-hosted the podcast Sicherheitshalber.

In 2022, his book Weltunordnung. Die globalen Krisen und die Illusion des Westens in the 8th edition (C.H. Beck). His book Bedingt abwehrbereit – Deutschlands Schwäche in der Zeitenwende was also published by C.H. Beck in 2023. In addition, the 3rd edition of his book, Warum die Welt keine Frieden findet, was published by Brandstätter Verlag in early 2024. In March 2025, his latest book Wenn Russland gewinnt. Ein Szenario in 6th edition was published by C.H. Beck.

Prof. Carlo Masala received the Lichtenberg Medal in Gold from the Lower Saxony Academy of Sciences in Göttingen in 2023 for his scientific work and science communication. In October 2023, Professor Masala was also awarded the Rohde Prize of the University of the Federal Armed Forces for his scientific work.

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