International crises are a stress test for governments, offering opportunities to rally citizens but also risking dissatisfaction with tough policy choices. While trust in government has fluctuated in ...

The Strategic Trends series offers a concise analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a primary focus on international security. The annual volumes provide succinct interpretations of key ...

As part of the CSS’ vision of contributing to a more peaceful and secure world, the CSS’ think tank activities aim to improve the quality of Swiss and international security policy and peace promotion ...

The series “CSS Analyses in Security Policy” has been discussing current developments in foreign and security policy and their contexts in a concise format since 2006. The topics are often analyzed ...

The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) offers different ways to complete a doctoral program. The 12 ECTS doctorates of the Department of Humanities, Social and State Sciences ...

Die Themen werden gerne mit Blick auf die Schweiz untersucht, sprechen aber meist auch ein internationales Publikum an. Die CSS Analysen erscheinen am ersten Mittwoch des Monats (ausser Januar und ...

The EU’s embrace of its role as a “geopolitical actor,” and NATO’s renewed focus on deterrence and defense have had a significant impact on their respective approaches to partnerships. Both emphasize ...

With its publications, the CSS think tank aims to reach out to a broad spectrum of target audiences at the national and international level.

Katrina Abatis is a Senior Program Officer in the Mediation Support Team. She works within the Mediation Support Project (MSP), which is a joint project between the CSS and swisspeace, supported by ...

Michiel Foulon is a Senior Researcher on US Grand Strategy towards China and European grand strategy at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on the role of ...

Der «Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)» wird jeden zweiten Monat als Internet-Publikation vom Center for Security Studies (CSS) an der ETH Zürich (www.css.ethz.ch), der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an ...