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While there are many different forms of public warning systems, the ones that use means of electronic communications services offer several advantages, such as increased reachability, as a large part of the population always has a mobile with them. This CSS Risk and Resilience Report by Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler and Benjamin Scharte identifies challenges for such multi-hazard warning apps and makes several recommendations on how to overcome them.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine calls the security architecture in Europe into question. In an interview with Globe, ETH Professor Andreas Wenger explains the medium- and long-term consequences for international and Swiss security policy

The newly formed AUKUS partnership, a trilateral defense technology arrangement bringing together the US, the UK, and Australia, signals a shift in Washington’s regional posture. It seeks to close ranks with important allies, particularly vis-à-vis China, and illustrates the subordination of non-proliferation and diplomatic concerns to strategic utility, argue Niklas Masuhr and Névine Schepers in this CSS Analysis.

The Islamic State group (IS) seems to have been reduced to a shadow of its former self. Public attention in the West has waned, and the priorities of the international community shifted to other issues. This warrants taking stock of the group’s current status and assessing the dangers it still poses, argues Fabien Merz in this CSS Analysis.