🚨New Russian Analytical Digest on the mobilization of culture and memory in wartime Russia Read the full digest: 👉 css.ethz.ch/.../pdfs/rus...
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The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich is a center of competence for Swiss and international security policy. It offers security policy expertise in research, teaching, and consulting activities. www.css.ethz.ch
🚨New Policy Brief In this Policy Brief, @myducave.bsky.social and Arthur Laudrain examine the growing concept of “cognitive warfare” and argue against recognising cognition as a sixth operational domain. Read the full brief: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
We thank all CSS researchers for their engagement and valuable input throughout the Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation, organized by the MAS ETH Mediation in Peace Processes Program. #ETHMediationForum2026
Last Friday at the Biennial Forum for Peace Mediation, mediation researchers, policymakers, and practitioners discussed the challenges that peace mediation faces in today's global environment. The forum was organized by the Master of Advanced Studies ETH “Mediation in Peace Processes”.
🌍Risks do not stop at national borders. The CSS and the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection visited the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission for a valuable exchange on risk analysis, risk assessment methodologies, and good practices across institutional contexts. 🤝
📝 Our latest CSS blog article is now live! "Why Do States Name and Shame Non-State Armed Groups?" Non-state armed groups are central actors in contemporary conflicts, yet responding to them remains a persistent challenge. Read the full blog article: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
Ein wichtiger Trend in der Studie «Sicherheit 2026»: Seit dem Ausbruch des Ukraine-Krieges zeigt sich eine zunehmende Unterstützung in der Stimmbevölkerung für eine stärkere Annäherung an die NATO. Aktuell befürworten 56% der Befragten diesen Kurs. Mehr dazu: 👉 css.ethz.ch/publikatione...
🚨 New on the CSS Blog The latest article from Névine Schepers and Felix Scherer examines the outcome of the 2026 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Read more on the CSS Blog: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
Zentrale Erkenntnis aus der Studie «Sicherheit 2026»: Überraschend hoch ist die Zustimmung zur Aussage, dass die Armee den Zusammenhalt der mehrsprachigen Schweiz stärkt. Aktuell teilen 72 Prozent der Befragten diese Einschätzung. Lesen Sie die vollständige Studie: 👉 css.ethz.ch/ueber-uns/CS...
New Russian Analytical Digest is out! The latest issue of the Russian Analytical Digest examines state ideologization and its implementation in contemporary Russian education and society. Read more: 👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
Die Studie «Sicherheit 2026» ist veröffentlicht! Sie liefert Einblicke in langfristige Trends der aussen,- sicherheits- und verteidigungspolitische Meinungsbildung der Schweiz. 📖 Lesen Sie die vollständige Studie: css.ethz.ch/ueber-uns/CS...
Die neue Reihe CSS Policy Briefs enthält prägnante, policyorientierte Beiträge. Abonnieren Sie unseren Newsletter, um über die neuesten Policy Briefs auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben: 👉 css.ethz.ch/publikatione...
CSS Experts Gorana Grgić, @gesineweber.bsky.social, Ivan Zaccagnini and Clémence POIRIER joined Emily Harding from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to discuss key developments shaping the global security landscape. 🎧 Listen to the conversation: www.csis.org/events/strat...
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Please join CSIS for a conversation about Strategic Trends 2026: Key Developments in Global Affairs, a new report by the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich on shifting partnerships, Europe–Chin...
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📝New CSS blog article is live: "Parliamentary Elections in Armenia: A Potential Watershed Moment" Ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections on 7 June 2026, Lucas Renaud shares insights from a recent work study trip to Armenia. Read the full article: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
𝐂𝐒𝐒 𝐉𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Der neue Jahresbericht zeigt, wie wir Forschung, Politikberatung, Aus- und Weiterbildung und Nachwuchsförderung verbinden, um Sicherheit und Frieden in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt zu stärken. Mehr Einblicke im aktuellen Jahresbericht: 👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
🚨The first issue of the Central Asian Analytical Digest is out now🚨 This issue explores how economic liberalisation, infrastructural change, and shifting governance structures reshape urban space. 📩 Stay updated on new Analytical Digests: css.ethz.ch/en/publicati...
One month until the MAS ETH MPP Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation! Keynote speakers are: Alexandre Fasel, State Secretary of the FDFA Comfort Ero, President and CEO of International Crisis Group Dr. Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, Minister of State of Qatar 👉 mas-mediation.ethz.ch/programme/ev...
🔍What do we mean when we talk about resilience? Jurgena Kamberaj shares key takeaways from the International Conference on Resilient Systems 2026 at TU Delft University in a new CSS blog article. Read the CSS Blog article: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
@cbrandt.bsky.social and Jenniina Kotajoki's study of naming and shaming non-state armed groups finds that nearly half of all condemnations at the UN Security Council target them (rather than other states)—and states shame them for very different strategic reasons. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Naming and Shaming Nonstate Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Naming and Shaming Nonstate Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council
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𝗡𝗘𝗪🌟 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 «𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀» Lisez la première Policy Brief sur le recours stratégique de la Chine aux contrôles commerciaux :👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
📝New blog post: When AI Governs (Dis)Information: Five Lessons for Democracy From the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit, @apb-ldn.org highlights how AI is weakening incentives for reliable information, enabling disinformation, and challenging democratic resilience. css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
🎙️In an interview with Géopolitis, Névine Schepers provides an overview of global nuclear rearmament trends, focusing on developments tied to the end of New START, nuclear-related conflicts, and shifting security dynamics. Watch the full interview (in French): 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo6...
𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀! ✈️ 20 May 2026 ⏲️ 10:30 - 12:00 (CEST) ⚡️ Webinar on Zoom (no account is required). Mandatory registration. The Web Talk is hosted by Jurgena Kamberaj, Senior Researcher at CSS. Register here: 👉 www.bi.id.ethz.ch/KontaktDB-We...
𝗡𝗘𝗪🌟𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 "𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀" Read the first Policy Brief on China’s Strategic Use of Trade Controls: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS... In the video, Gorana Grgić explains the background and purpose of the Policy Briefs. 👇
📝New blog post: Five Takeaways from Strategic Trends 2026 From a shifting "mosaic order" to volatile EU-China ties, hybrid warfare, space militarisation & rising middle powers - what's shaping today's global order? 👉 Read more: css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
🆕 Journal of Peace Research article by Nina Cadorin highlights a blind spot: coercive recruitment of adults. CROAD covers 390 rebel groups, tracking forced recruitment, conscription & pledges to stop. A new lens on how armed groups sustain themselves. 👉Read more: academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
Introducing the Coercive Recruitment of Adults Dataset (CROAD), 1990–2021
Abstract. Armed groups rely on recruitment to sustain their organizations, yet most research on forced recruitment focuses on children. Far less attention
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«Die Übersättigung mit Drohnen in Frontnähe ist meines Erachtens mit ein Grund, wieso sich die Frontlinie in der Ukraine kaum bewegt.» CSS Researcher Ivo Capaul erläutert im Interview mit watson die besondere Rolle von Drohnen in der modernen Kriegsführung. 👉 www.watson.ch/internationa...
«Der Ukrainekrieg lässt sich an der Front kaum entscheiden»
Der Ukraine-Krieg wie auch jüngst der Iran-Krieg zeigen die immer wichtiger werdende Rolle von Drohnen in bewaffneten Konflikten.
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🚨New Russian Analytical Digest! This issue of the Russian Analytical Digest explores how agricultural trade is increasingly shaped by strategic and geopolitical considerations. Read the full digest: 👇 css.ethz.ch/.../pdfs/rus...
Die erste CSS Study ist veröffentlicht! Jurgena Kamberaj und Simon Aebi zeigen, wie die Bevölkerung in der Schweiz Risiken wahrnimmt, sich informiert und vorsorgt, um sich individuell gegen Katastrophen abzusichern. Mit dem Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS: 👉 css.ethz.ch/.../cente......
How is peace mediation evolving in today’s turbulent global landscape? Join the MAS ETH MPP Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation. 📍 CAREUM Auditorium, Zurich 📅 June 12, 2026 🔒 Closed-door MAS ETH MPP alumni meeting on June 13 Registration details: mas-mediation.ethz.ch/programme/ev...