In the opening chapter, Daniel Möckli explores how all major powers are now revisionist in their approach to global order, with the world becoming increasingly rudderless. The Middle East’s volatile ...

In just a few short weeks early in his second term, President Donald Trump has upended transatlantic relations by negotiating with Russia without including Ukraine or European leaders, embracing ...

Sport has reemerged as a tool for autocratic states to strengthen their legitimacy domestically and internationally. Qatar and Saudi Arabia, in particular, have invested heavily in sport and ...

The risk and resilience reports provide a focused discussion of aspects of security risks and vulnerabilities, risk analysis and management, emergency preparedness, and crisis management – often with ...

In a time of multiple, overlapping crises and tectonic geopolitical and economic shifts, Swiss security policy also faces major challenges. The CSS focuses on analyzing and assessing the security ...

Cyber, space, and artificial intelligence (AI) are pivotal research fields in contemporary security studies and on the modern battlefield. Cyber has taken on heightened significance as offensive cyber ...

Author(s): Farzaneh Badiei, Marie Baezner, Matteo E. Bonfanti, Aaron F. Brantly, Sean Cordey, Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Jacqueline Eggenschwiler, Johan Eriksson, Giampiero ...

Disruptive events like storms, floods, earthquakes, pandemics, and terrorist attacks threaten the functioning of society and the well-being of individuals. Overarching trends like climate change and ...

Within this theme, developments within the Euro-Atlantic security environment and architecture that are relevant to Swiss foreign, security, and defense policy are in focus. A particular emphasis is ...

As great-power rivalries intensify and revisionist actors engage in increasingly probing behaviors, military security and defense are firmly back on the political agenda of Western states. Within this ...

Science, technology, and innovation (STI) are key drivers of social, economic, and political developments. As a result, they are a crucial aspect of national and international politics. This topic ...

Wiktoria Gajos is a Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. She is actively involved in the ETH/ICRC project titled “A Protection Framework for Digital(ized) Conflicts: ...