Dr. Dominika Kunertova

Dominika Kunertova

Haldeneggsteig 4
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

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Dr. Dominika Kunertova works as a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. Her research covers military applications of emerging technologies and their impact on international security and the character of warfare, and transatlantic defense cooperation. She is also a NATO Partner Country Director of the research project on future drone technology and warfare, funded by NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.

Prior to joining CSS, Dominika conducted strategic foresight at NATO Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, supported capability development at NATO HQ in Brussels, and mapped the European military drone landscape at Center for War Studies in Denmark. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Université de Montréal in Canada.

Dominika’s research has been published in the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, European Security, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Ethics Forum, Defence Studies, the Journal of Contemporary European Research, the Military Review, the International Journal, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science, as well as in numerous policy research reports and briefs on drones, missile technology and arms control, hypersonic weapons, and European security. Her public affairs commentary has appeared in outlets including RUSI, The Conversation, Le Rubicon, War on the Rocks, and the Canadian Network for Strategic Analysis.

Selected Publications

external pageKunertova, Dominika (2023) 'Drones have boots: Learning from Russia’s war in Ukraine', Contemporary Security Policy, 44, 4.

external pageKunertova, Dominika (2023) 'The war in Ukraine shows the game-changing effect of drones depends on the game', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 79, 2: 95-102.

external pageKunertova, Dominika (2023) 'Les nouvelles armes hypersoniques : les inconnues connues', Le Rubicon, January 20.

external pageKunertova, Dominika (2022) 'New Hypersonic Weapons: Same but Different', Network for Strategic Analysis, Policy Report 20.

Despont, Constant; Kunertova, Dominika; Masuhr, Niklas (2022) 'Militärische Drohnennutzung: Erfahrungen, Technologie und Schweizer Optionen', in: Thränert, Oliver; Merz, Fabien; Kamasa, Julian (eds.) Bulletin 2022 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich: 31-61.

Kunertova, Dominika (2022) 'The Ukraine Drone Effect on European Militaries', CSS Policy Perspectives 10, 15.

Kunertova, Dominika; Masuhr, Niklas (2022) 'The War Against Ukraine Shapes NATO’s Future', CSS Policy Perspectives 10, 4.

Kunertova, Dominika (2022) 'Hypersonic Weapons: Emerging, Disruptive, Political', in: Carlson, Brian G.; Thränert, Oliver (eds.) Strategic Trends 2022: Key Developments in Global Affairs, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, 43-67.

Kunertova, Dominika (2022) 'No. 304: European Defense Policy: Zeitenwende, Ltd.', CSS Analyses in Security Policy.

Kunertova, Dominika (2022) 'Russia’s hypersonic story in Ukraine: “Is this a dagger which I see before me?”', CSS Blog.

Kunertova, Dominika (2021) 'Flying Robots in 2030', in: Thränert, Oliver (ed.)Sicherheitspolitische Trends 2022–2030: Grossmächtekonflikt und Technologiewettbewerb, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, 26-28.

Kunertova, Dominika (2021) 'Europe: Greater Autonomy, Better Allies', CSS Policy Perspectives 9, 10.

external pageKunertova, Dominika (2021) 'Hypersonic Weapons: Fast, Furious … and Futile?', RUSI Newsbrief 41, 8.

Kunertova, Dominika (2021) 'No. 292: From Robots to Warbots: Reality Meets Science Fiction', CSS Analyses in Security Policy.

Kunertova, Dominika (2021) 'No. 285: Weaponized and Overhyped: Hypersonic Technology', CSS Analyses in Security Policy.

Kunertova, Dominika (2021) 'European Drone Clubs Stall Strategic Autonomy', CSS Policy Perspectives 9, 5.

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