Mediation Perspectives: Empathy versus Realpolitik?
Mediation Perspectives is a periodic blog entry that’s provided by the CSS’ Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. Each entry is designed to highlight the utility of mediation approaches...
View ArticleCybersecurity: The China Problem
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum CSIS on 27 June 2018. As China rolls out its 2016 cyber security law, its drive to develop national cyberspace sovereignty continues. China’s law...
View ArticleThe Changing Risk Landscape
This graphic plots the change in the perceived likelihood and impact of various societal, technological, geopolitical and environmental risks between 2012 and 2018. For more on resilience and the...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Including Religious Women in Mediation Processes
Mediation Perspectives is a periodic blog entry that’s provided by the CSS’ Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. Each entry is designed to highlight the utility of mediation approaches...
View ArticleCrisis and Conviction: US Grand Strategy in Trump’s Second Term
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 6 August 2018. In the spring of 2014, before Donald Trump’s presidency was even a rumor, I began an article about the sources of U.S. grand...
View ArticleContext is for Kings: Why the Iran Nuclear Agreement Represents the Art of...
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are exclusively the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of the Center for Security Studies or of any other institution. In the...
View ArticleThe 47 HRC Members Categorized According to Freedom House
This graphic groups the members of the UN Human Rights Council according to the state of freedom in these countries. For an account of the state of the protection of human rights around the globe and...
View ArticleTurkmenistan Reaches its Limits with Economic and Security Challenges
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 31 July 2018. With Iran and Afghanistan as neighbors, Turkmenistan is often overlooked due to its proximity to geopolitical hotspots....
View ArticleWhy Cyberattacks Don’t Work as Weapons
This article was originally published by ETH Zurich in the Zukunftsblog on 18 January 2018. Cyberattacks must also be understood as a phenomenon of political violence and combated as such, says Myriam...
View ArticleSwiss Historical Conflicts with Religious Dimensions
This graphic provides an overview of Swiss conflicts with religious dimensions since 1500. To find out how these conflicts continue to shape Switzerland’s contemporary political culture, see...
View ArticleBurden-Sharing within NATO: Facts from Germany for the Current Debate
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 7 August 2018. Professor Rachel Epstein’s interview with Professor Donald Abenheim of the Naval Postgraduate School and...
View ArticleCan China Free Africa from Dependency on the Mighty Dollar?
This article was originally published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on 13 August 2018. By extending the influence of the yuan, China could become the new champion of globalisation. Is...
View ArticleSCO Members, Observers and Dialogue Partners
This graphic provides an overview of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) members, observers and dialogue partners. For more on the SCO, including how Europe and Switzerland could engage with...
View ArticleManaging Global Disorder: Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on 20 August 2018. In July 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action convened a workshop to...
View ArticleInexorable Changes in US Foreign Policy?
This article was originally published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) on 14 August 2018. It seems to be an article of faith among many members of the U.S. foreign policy community that,...
View ArticleOverlapping and Nested Regional Cooperation Formats in Central Asia
This graphic charts how the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) overlaps with other regional cooperation formats in Central Asia. For more on the SCO, its current and future relevance, and whether...
View ArticleChina and Russia in Global Governance: Long-Term Obstacles to Cooperation
This article was originally published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 22 August 2018. Russia and China play dissimilar roles in global governance and define their interests...
View ArticleBrexit, Defence, and the EU’s Quest for ‘Strategic Autonomy’
This article was originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on 25 June 2018. EU members may not feel they can trust the Brits on defence. But the UK’s past reliability on...
View ArticleShanghai Cooperation Organisation Timeline
This graphic provides a timeline on the development of the areas of focus for cooperation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) since the 1990s. For more on the SCO, its current and future...
View ArticleThe EU’s Challenge with the End of the Syrian War
This article was originally published by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) on 4 September 2018. The war in Syria has entered its final stage, one in which diplomacy will dominate...
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