Schweizer Krisenmanagement: Die Coronavirus-Pandemie als fachliche und politische Lernchance

Author(s): Andreas Wenger, Andrin Hauri, Benjamin Scharte, Kevin Kohler, Jan Thiel
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Benno Zogg
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Series: Bulletin on Swiss Security Policy
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Place: Zürich

In the most comprehensive article of the Bulletin 2020, Andreas Wenger, Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler, Benjamin Scharte and Jan Thiel discuss the Swiss crisis management. They see the coronavirus pandemic as a professional and political learning opportunity. The article focuses on the content dimension – early detection, risk assessment and strategy adaptation as well as crisis communication and digitalization – and on the practical dimension – the crisis organizations of the Confederation and the cantons, the involvement of the scientific community and resource management – of efforts to cope with the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic. The authors conclude that Switzerland must overcome fundamental challenges and retain key lessons learned in order to have differentiated coping options in the future.

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