The Long-term Effects of Ideological Subversion: Why We Lack Democratic Resilience in the West.

Dietmar Pichler

The long-term effects of ideological subversion: why we lack democratic resilience in the West.

Democratic institutions in the West appear strong, yet increasingly fragile. This session explores how decades of externally driven ideological subversion have shaped public discourse, weakened trust, and eroded democratic resilience—and why liberal societies struggle to recognize and respond effectively to this form of attack today.

10 Years of Pirate Secon

Ten years of the Pirate Security Conference

A milestone at the intersection of technology, geopolitics and resilience. For a decade, the Pirate Security Conference has served as a groundbreaking platform exploring the interplay of technology, geopolitical challenges and essential resilience in our world.

This conference has not only set trends, but also pioneered them by always being ahead of its time. The increasing fusion of technology and security has created new dimensions of challenges and opportunities.

Over these ten years, we have seen how the digital and geopolitical landscape has fundamentally changed and how these changes influence each other.

The Pirate Security Conference has recognized this interplay and explored how technology is redefining not only security, but also power structures in the world.