No. 350: The Swiss Neutrality Debate: An Overview

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Lucas Renaud
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 350
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

Since the “Zeitenwende”, the shape of Switzerland’s neutrality has once again become a controversial subject domestically. The Federal Council has so far seen no need to change course, but will have to brace itself for intense debate in view of the “Neutrality Initiative”. This is also an opportunity to discuss in depth the question of a foreign and security policy that is fit for purpose and that serves Switzerland’s interests.

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