Recent uncertainties regarding US intelligence sharing with Ukraine have highlighted Ukraine’s extensive reliance on US satellites. Europe, with its growing space capabilities, sees a chance to step ...

“CSS Mediation Resources” is a series that aims to provide methodological guidance and insights to mediators, negotiators and peace practitioners working to address violent political conflicts. It is ...

Technological competition between the US and China is one of the defining features of contemporary geopolitics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the global semiconductor industry, a sector whose ...

2024 was a year in which an already profound geopolitical shift became more marked – with serious implications for global security. We are seeing a trend toward power politics at the expense of ...

Die russische Vollinvasion in der Ukraine hat gezeigt, dass Satelliten bei Militäroperationen eine Schlüsselrolle zukommt. Sie führte auch vor Augen, dass in bewaffneten Konflikten eine nie vorher ...

Der technologische Wettbewerb zwischen den USA und China prägt die aktuelle geopolitische Situation massgeblich. Dies wird nirgendwo deutlicher als in der globalen Halbleiterbranche. Sie ist für das ...

Die Eastern Europe - Analytical Digest Serie besteht aus regelmässigen Online-Digests, die aktuelle Ereignisse, Trends und Entwicklungen in osteuropäischer Politik, Wirtschaft, Aussenpolitik, ...

The annual study Sicherheit (Security), a joint publication by the CSS and the Military Academy at ETH Zürich, evaluates long-term trends and tendencies in public opinion on foreign, security, and ...

The annual Bulletin on Swiss Security Policy (Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik) deals with current issues in Swiss foreign and security policy and presents selected CSS projects. It ...

Space is increasingly contested and congested. There are over 10,000 active satellites in space. This is a seven-fold increase compared to a decade ago. This rapid growth and the fact that there is no ...

Ebenfalls wurden Chemiewaffen für gezielte Attentate eingesetzt, darunter 2017 für die Ermordung von Kim Jong Nam, dem Bruder des nordkoreanischen Machthabers Kim Jong Un, den 2018 verübten Anschlag ...

Chemical weapons attacks have become a worldwide cause for concern in recent years. A large number of attacks featuring chemical agents, including sarin, sulfur mustard, and chlorine gas, were ...