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 ...

The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich is a center of competence for Swiss and international security policy. It offers security policy expertise in research, teaching, and consulting ...

The Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) analyzes recent events, trends and developments within contemporary Russian politics, economics and business, foreign policy, security and society. Each issue ...

Eduard Klein () and Heiko Pleines (), both Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen. Ukrainian Analytical Digest No. 15 contains an editorial by the guest editor of this ...

The IT Army of Ukraine was stood up in an ad-hoc manner without a clearly structured and proven plan. Born out of necessity, the IT Army subsequently evolved into a hybrid construct that is neither ...

D-ARCH Architecture D-BAUG Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering D-BIOL Biology D-BSSE Biosystems Science and Engineering D-CHAB Chemistry and Applied Biosciences D-EAPS Earth and Planetary ...

The Center's publications make a significant research contribution in the field of security and strategic studies, while at the same time fostering public debate on Swiss and international security ...

In 2021, the CSS and the UN Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC) launched a joint research project to explore the feasibility of an event-prediction system for UN peacekeeping. The project involves a ...

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 ...

Simon J. A. Mason is a Senior Researcher and Head of the Mediation Support Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. He has been working in the Mediation Support Project (MSP, a ...

This book tries to answer the following seven questions: ...

The CSS Mediation Support Team seeks to develop and promote mediation methodology for dealing with violent political conflicts. Through research, training and direct process support, the team assists ...