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Comparing Critical Infrastructure Policy Updates
Russian attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure and other crises over the last few years have led to significant critical infrastructure policy developments within the EU, NATO, and Switzerland. Recent efforts to address the challenging risk landscape emphasize resilience and cooperation to reduce the impacts of disruptive events.
Time to Make ‘Peace’ with the Bandits
Banditry in northern Nigeria continues unchecked. Interventions should prioritize the protection of civilians and combine dialogue, economic infrastructure, and enforcement.
European Security Cooperation with the Indo-Pacific
This examination of the evolving landscape of European security cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners includes a discussion of the key drivers of cooperation and the different types of relations between actors. Critical questions remain about the buy-in and benefit of these ambitions for all involved.
Heightened Nuclear Risks and the Risk Reduction Agenda
Nuclear risk reduction has emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate the risks posed by nuclear weapons in a security environment marked by increasing nuclear competition and threats. Concrete measures remain difficult to implement, however, given different understandings of risk, the interconnectedness of conventional and strategic risks, and the manipulation of risks as a conflict tool.
"Security 2024" Study: Report on the Media Conference on March 26, 2024
Global pessimism meets desire for an operational army.
Critical Infrastructure Resilience in Ukraine: Energy, Transportation, and Communication
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the subsequent targeted attacks on critical infrastructure (CI) have put the country and its population under immense pressure. However, Russian interference with Ukrainian CI did not begin in 2022 but goes back at least as far as 2014 and the events surrounding the annexation of Crimea.
Trend Analysis Civil Protection 2035 Uncertainties, Challenges and Opportunities
This report represents the third installment in a series focused on identifying and analyzing trends significant for civil protection in Switzerland. It provides insights into trends expected to significantly impact the nation's civil protection system within the next five to ten years. Initiated by the Federal Office of Civil Protection (FOCP), this report aims to enhance horizon scanning capabilities within civil protection, a field necessitating ongoing adaptation.
Knowledge Security at Stake
A free, open, and international research and education environment is essential to scientific progress. At the same time, geopolitical tensions pose new challenges to the science, technology, and innovation sector. In many Western countries, approaches to knowledge security are being developed to protect core scientific values and preserve national interests.
Strategic De-risking Beyond Chips
Through export controls and industrial policy packages, the global semiconductor industry has become an arena of technological competition in recent years. As states seek to “de-risk” critical supply chains further, they face difficult challenges in identifying national security risks from emerging dual-use technologies and making tradeoffs between economic and security considerations.