Strategic Trends 2021: New Power Configurations and Regional Security
Strategic Trends 2021 offers a concise analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a focus on international security. It features chapters on China-Russia relations and transatlantic...
View ArticleGeographic Distribution of AIIB and NDB lending (Approved Loans)
This week’s featured graphic maps the geographic distribution of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and New Development Bank lending (approved loans) as of October 2020. For more on China,...
View ArticleInterdependencies of Trends Relevant for the Swiss Civil Protection System
This week’s featured graphic points out the interdependencies of trends relevant for the Swiss Civil Protection System. For more on uncertainties, challenges and opportunities of trends in civil...
View ArticleEurope’s Nuclear Landscape
This week’s featured graphic maps Europe’s nuclear landscape. To find out more on Europe and the nuclear ban treaty, read Névine Schepers’ CSS Analyses in Security Policy here.
View ArticleRussia, China, and European Security
This week’s featured graphic shows Russia, China, and European Security. To find out more on the impact of the China-Russia relationship on transatlantic security, read Brian G. Carlson’s Strategic...
View ArticleCrisis Management Structures Federation/Bundesländer
This week’s featured graphic shows Germany’s crisis management structures on federal and on Bundesländer level. For more on Germany’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rethinking of its civil...
View ArticleMajor Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific
This week’s featured graphic illustrates major trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific. To find out more on Japanese and South Korean perspectives on changing power configurations in Asia, read Linda...
View ArticleCell Broadcast: Sinnvolle Ergänzung zur Alarmierung der Bevölkerung
Im Ernstfall kann eine rechtzeitige öffentliche Warnung vor Extremereignissen Leben retten. Die Schweiz setzt dabei derzeit auf einen Mix aus Sirenen, Radio, Fernsehen und der Warnapp «Alertswiss». Da...
View ArticleStrategic Foresight: Can Prediction Challenges Be a New Tool for Governments?
Hindsight is 2020, foresight is 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed the lives of almost everyone on the planet, causing more than four million recorded deaths, changing the way we travel,...
View ArticleConsequences of Climate Change in Switzerland
This week’s featured graphic illustrates the consequences of climate change in Switzerland. For more on Climate Change in the Swiss Alps, read Christine Eriksen and Andrin Hauri’s CSS Analysis in...
View ArticleRoles within the Fighter Jet Inventories of Germany, France and Spain
This week’s featured graphic shows the roles within the fighter jet inventories of Germany, France and Spain. For more on current developments of European fighter programs, read Amos Dossi and Niklas...
View ArticleGDP and Perceptions of Corruption in Eastern Europe
This week’s featured graphic shows the GDP as well as perceptions of corruption in Eastern Europe. For more on the latest economic and political developments of the Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, read...
View ArticleMarket Shares of Foundries in the Chip Industry in Q2 2021
This week’s featured graphic shows market shares of companies in the chip industry, more specifically in its contract manufacturing segment. For more information on microchips and on fragile networks...
View ArticleKazakhstan on the Belt, on the Road
This week’s featured graphic illustrates Kazakhstan’s central role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative as of September 2019. For more on the country and its geo-strategic position, read Benno Zogg’s...
View ArticleAt the Crossroads of Central and South Asia
This week’s featured graphic shows how Afghanistan’s location at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia ensures that its future will affect the dynamics of China-Russia relations in both...
View ArticleCSS Mediation Perspectives: How Ceasefires Affect Conflict Ripeness
Image courtesy of Julian Stallabrass / Wikimedia, Mural from the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, a non-state actor in Mexico. Mediation Perspectives is a regular series of blog contributions by...
View ArticleRussia’s hypersonic story in Ukraine: “Is this a dagger which I see before me?”
Image courtesy of @mod_russia on Twitter. What does the reported first battle use of a hypersonic missile mean for the dynamic of Putin’s war in Ukraine? Open-source intelligence sources suggest that...
View Article“Sincere about Ulterior Motives”: The Invasion of Ukraine and Russia’s...
A day after Russia’s President Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Conti, a hacker group suspected to be largely based in Russia and known for financially extorting Western companies,...
View ArticleWhy India Remains Neutral over Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin at the 21st India–Russia Annual summit in New Delhi on December 6, 2021. (This image is a copyrighted work of the Government of India, licensed...
View ArticleQuiet Compliance: China’s Dilemma Over Western Sanctions Against Russia
Image courtesy of The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The quiet compliance of Chinese companies...
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