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 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 ...

The CSS publishes various reports on security policy issues.

The Global Security Team works on key issues related to international and global security policy. At its core, the focus is on US and Russian foreign and security policy, the changing geopolitics and ...

The Defense Policy and Armaments Acquisition team conducts research on current dynamics at the interface of military forces development and technological innovation and analyses their possible ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mauro Gilli is a Senior Researcher in Military Technology and International Security. He received his PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University in 2015, with major in International ...

Joane Holliger is a Senior Program Officer in the Mediation Support Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. She works within the Mediation Support Project (MSP), which is a joint ...

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 ...

Civilian-combatant relations are central to armed conflicts around the world. They are crucial to understand the onset of violence, conflict dynamics, civilian victimization, and socio-political ...