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 ...

Life needs sufficient phosphorus. However, the element is scarce, not only today but also at the time of the origin of life. So where was there sufficient phosphorus four billion years ago for life to ...

Phosphor ist ein Schlüsselmolekül für das Leben, doch auf der Erde kommt das Element relativ selten vor. Eine sehr hohe Phosphorkonzentration war aber notwendig, um die ersten chemischen Reaktionen in ...

Professor Stern, you’ve worked on intelligence research for decades. Are there any insights that particularly surprised you? When I began studying psychology in the mid-1970s, there was clear evidence ...

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 ...

Representatives of international sports organizations often claim otherwise, but sport and politics do mix. When fascism was on the rise in Europe in the 1930s, sport has been linked to propaganda ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

If global warming is stabilised between 1.5°C and 2°C, a quarter of Switzerland’s glacial ice could be saved. The melting of glaciers will result in a long-term reduction in Switzerland’s water ...

Asgard-Archaeen sind eine Gruppe von Mikroorganismen, die erst vor zehn Jahren entdeckt wurden. Sie sind ein Bindeglied zwischen Bakterien, Archaeen und komplexen Lebewesen wie Pflanzen oder Tieren.

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 ...