SPOTLIGHT Selin Çağatay Security matters: gendered geopolitics of war, militarisation and global uncertainty About Security Radar 2025 For Security Radar 2025, the FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe polled 14 countries in September 2024 on public attitudes towards foreign policy and security questions. FES surveys countries under the aegis of Security Radar at regular intervals. More information can be found on our website. Executive summary Gendered perspectives on security are more relevant than ever as Europe faces a period of growing militarisation and global uncertainty. Drawing on data from six OSCE countries – France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Türkiye and Ukraine – this report analyses gendered views on Europe’s shifting security landscape with a focus on militarisation, the war in Ukraine, economic crisis and climate change. The report adopts a feminist geopolitical lens and considers how gender intersects with age, income, employment sta­tus and geopolitical context. Moving beyond essentialist assumptions to the effect that women tend to be pacifists and men protectors, it offers a nuanced picture of how peoples’ material circumstances, emotional responses and national political imaginaries shape their attitudes toward security matters. Security matters: gendered geopolitics of war, militarisation and global uncertainty 1