Politico-military Coalitions and Supporters
This week’s featured graphic maps the domestic coalitions in the Libyan conflict and their international supporters. For an insight into UN mediation in Libya, read Lisa Watanabe’s CSS Analyses in...
View ArticleCoordination of Volunteer Efforts in Post Disaster Stage
Large scale events like the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors are changing how we volunteer during disasters. This graphic points out objectives, principles and suggested actions to help the...
View ArticleTop 5 Trading Partners of Algeria and Egypt
This week’s featured graphic provides an overview of Algeria and Egypt’s top trading partners. Russia’s absence from the top five trading partners list of either country highlights that despite...
View ArticleInternet and Political Freedom in 2020
This week’s featured graphic compares the results of two Freedom House reports on political freedom and Internet freedom, which suggest there’s a link between the two. For more on how Internet freedom...
View ArticleBudget Support to Agriculture in Russia Compared to Other Countries
While support for innovations and the provision of digital technologies for agriculture are declared as being among the Russian government’s policy priorities, those activities are not prioritized in...
View ArticleCSS Mediation Perspectives: Settling an Armed Conflict with a Sworn Enemy
Image courtesy of Flickr. President Santos signing the peace agreement with the FARC on 26 September 2016. Less than a week later, the deal was rejected in a plebiscite. Mediation Perspectives is a...
View ArticleThe Belt and Road Initiative in Europe
This week’s featured graphic maps the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Europe as of December 2019. To find out more, click here to read this Strategic Trends 2020 chapter by Henrik Larsen and Linda...
View ArticleDistribution of Ceasefires and Follow-up Arrangements
This week’s featured graphic shows the distribution of ceasefires and follow-up arrangements across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East between 1989 and 2018. For more on the role...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia in the Area of Tension
This week’s featured graphic maps Southeast Asia in the area of tension. For more on China-US rivalry in Southeast Asia, read Linda Maduz and Simon Stocker’s CSS Analyses in Security Policy here.
View ArticleMosaic of Competing Claims in the Eastern Mediterranean
This week’s featured graphic maps the mosaic of competing claims in the Eastern Mediterranean as of December 2020. For more on Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, read Fabien Merz’s CSS Analyses in...
View ArticleThe Importance of Trends for the Swiss Civil Protection System
This week’s featured graphic points out the importance of trends for the Swiss civil protection system. For more on uncertainties, challenges and opportunities of trends in civil protection, read...
View ArticleCollaboration beyond repatriations? Switzerland and the European Union Civil...
During the repatriation operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, Switzerland benefited directly and indirectly from the activation of the European Union Civil Protection...
View ArticleCSS Mediation Perspectives: The Role of Ceasefires in Peace Processes
Image: © Jeremy Brickhill, Lines of Control and Withdrawal, from «Mediating Security Arrangements in Peace Processes» Mediation Perspectives is a regular series of blog contributions by the CSS...
View ArticleInitiators and Defenders in Major Cyber Theft Incidents, 2000 – 2018
This week’s featured graphic maps the nations in which major cyber theft incidents were initiated and countries affected by these attacks between 2000 and 2018. To find out what this highlights about...
View ArticleThe Concept of Intersectionality
This week’s featured graphic shows the concept of intersectionality. To find out more on religion and gender in conflict, read Cora Alder’s CSS Analyses in Security Policy here.
View ArticleIntended Usage of Government Benefits to Address the Impacts of the Pandemic...
This graphic shows the intended usage of government benefits to address the impacts of the pandemic in Armenia. It can be observed that most assistance is directed towards consumption of primary goods...
View ArticleArctic States and Stakes
This graphic maps the countries located in the Arctic Circle, as well as its passages and sea routes. In the Arctic, Russia and China have their own ambitions, but their objectives currently overlap....
View ArticleKey Maritime Oil Chokepoints and Daily Volumes
This week’s featured graphic maps key maritime oil chokepoints and daily volumes. For more on the Geostrategic Storm in the Indian Ocean read Boas Lieberherr’s CSS Analysis in Security Policy here.
View ArticleNumber of Armed Conflicts Worldwide by Type, 1975-2015
This week’s featured graphic shows the number of armed conflicts worldwide by type from 1975 to 2015. To find out more about the interlinkages of religion and conflict and how conflict resolution...
View ArticleThe States of the Western Balkans
This week’s featured graphic maps the states of the Western Balkans. To find out about the rearmament in the Western Balkans, read Andrej Marković and Jeronim Perović’s CSS Analysis in Security Policy...
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