CSS Policy Perspectives
CSS Policy Perspectives present the assessments of CSS experts and internationally-renowned guest authors on current security issues.
Series Editor: Daniel Möckli
The perspectives are generated on an event-driven basis, with the objective of translating the academic excellence of the CSS into policy-relevant analyses and recommendations. CSS Policy Perspectives are directed towards an international audience and are therefore, published in English.
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Towards a Holistic Approach to PeaceTech Ethics
Author(s): Fabian Hofmann
Editor(s): Leo Eigner
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2025
Electronic and Cyber Operations Against Space Systems
Author(s): Clémence Poirier
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2025
Cyber Defense in Space: Quo Vadis?
Author(s): Clémence Poirier, Sarah Wiedemar
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024
Prospects of a Transatlantic Arsenal of Democracy
Author(s): Gorana Grgić
Editor(s): Leo Eigner
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024
Time to Make ‘Peace’ with the Bandits
Author(s): Claudia Wiehler, Medinat Malefakis
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024
Unequal Access to UN Human Rights Bodies
Author(s): Christoph Valentin Steinert
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023
Making Cyber Attribution More Transparent
Author(s): Eugenio Benincasa
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023
Satellite Imagery for Disaster Resilience
Author(s): Jurgena Kamberaj
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023
Mind the E-Waste: A Case for Switzerland
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023
Securing Europe’s Supply of Rare Earths
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023
Navigating Stormy Seas in US-China Relations
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023
The Ukraine Drone Effect on European Militaries
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Minsk’s Signals: Belarus and the War in Ukraine
Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
The China Factor in Russia’s War in Ukraine
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Adapting Civil Protection to a Changing Climate
Author(s): Christine Eriksen, Andrin Hauri, David Nicolai Kollmann
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Tense Triangle in Asia: The South Korea Factor
Author(s): Linda Maduz
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
US-China “Tech Decoupling”: A Swiss Perspective
Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova, Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Triple Nexus in Fragile Contexts: Next Steps
Author(s): Fritz Brugger, Joane Holliger, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
When Crises Collide: Energy, Security, Climate Change
Author(s): Christine Eriksen, Andrin Hauri
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
What it Takes to Develop a Military Cyber-Force
Author(s): Max Smeets
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Russia’s War and the Global Nuclear Order
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Sicherheitsordnung nach Moskaus Ukraine-Invasion
Author(s): Jeronim Perović
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr, Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
The War Against Ukraine Shapes NATO’s Future
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova, Niklas Masuhr
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Goodbye Cyberwar: Ukraine as Reality Check
Author(s): Lennart Maschmeyer, Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification Technology
Author(s): Alexander Hug, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Cyberneutrality: Discouraging Collateral Damage
Author(s): Kevin Kohler
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Europe: Greater Autonomy, Better Allies
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
The Role of Value Systems in Conflict Resolution
Author(s): Abbas Aroua, Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
Redesigning Nuclear Arms Control for New Realities
Author(s): Anna Péczeli, Brad Roberts, Jonas Schneider, Adam Thomson, Oliver Thränert, Heather Williams
Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
NATO’s Strategic Concept: Three Do’s and Don’ts
Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
Nord Stream 2: It’s Time to Change Perspective
Author(s): Jeronim Perović, Maria Shagina
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
European Drone Clubs Stall Strategic Autonomy
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
COVAX Needs a Political Future
Author(s): Michèle Gemünden, Jan Thiel
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
Arms Control Without Treaties
Author(s): Névine Schepers, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
Belarus in Upheaval: Three Scenarios
Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Brian Carlson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
Turbulent Trade: Europe and the Biden Challenge
Author(s): Michiel Foulon
Editor(s): Brian Carlson, Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021
Predictive Policing: Proceed, but with Care
Author(s): Matthias Leese
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Brian Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020
China’s Rise Can Unite NATO
Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Editor(s): Brian Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020
Europe's Fiery Future: Rethinking Wildfire Policy
Author(s): Christine Eriksen
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020
US Evangelicals: From Prophecy to Policy
Author(s): Cora Alder, Emanuel Schäublin
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Arms Control: For and By Europe
Author(s): Alexander Bollfrass, Mariana Budjeryn
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Annabelle Vuille
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Das Krisenmanagement kann aus der Krise lernen
Author(s): Matthias Leese
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Keeping the Skies Open over Europe
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Michael Haas
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Corona-Aufarbeitung: Sind wir strategiefähig?
Author(s): Amos Dossi
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
An ‘Etroika’ to Advance Europe’s Policy on Libya
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Michael Haas
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
The Instrumentalization of Religion in Conflict
Author(s): Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Securing Future 5G-Networks
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Obstacles Ahead: Preserving the JCPOA
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Policy Consulting in the Age of Corona
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Neo-Containment: a Strategy toward Russia
Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Educating Engineers for Resilience
Author(s): Benjamin Scharte
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019
A Politically Neutral Hub for Basic AI Research
Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, Andreas Wenger
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019
Trump’s Missile Defense: Challenges for Europe
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019
The Use of Smart Pressure to Resolve Civil Wars
Author(s): Allard Duursma
Editor(s): John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
When Terrorism and Organized Crime Meet
Author(s): Mark Shaw, Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s):
Publication Year: 2018
Religion and the Prevention of Violent Extremism
Author(s): Owen Frazer, Anaël Jambers
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Russia’s Turn to Eurasia
Author(s): Jeronim Perović
Editor(s): John Thompson, Mahadevan Prem
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Time to Ease Sanctions on Russia
Author(s): Andreas Beyer, Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Preventing Violent Extremism in Tunisia
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Cyberspace is a Consensual Hallucination
Author(s): Robert Dewar
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Rethinking Mediation: Resolving Religious Conflicts
Author(s): Jonas Baumann, Daniel Finnbogason, Isak Svensson
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
The China Challenge Calls for US Leadership
Author(s): Brian Carlson
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Lost in Regulation: The EU and Nord Stream 2
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Trump Preparing to End Iran Nuke Deal
Author(s): John Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
American Affairs and U.S. Foreign Policy
Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
No Shortcut to a European Deterrent
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Energy Union: Delivery still pending
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: McCarthyism as a Cautionary Tale
Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
IS Defeat in Sirte Leaves Tunisia Vulnerable
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Syria and the Chemical Weapons Ban
Author(s): Céline Barmet, Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
‘Hybrid’ threats and NATO’s Forward Presence
Author(s): Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Donbas and the democracy dilemma in de facto states
Author(s): Nicolas Bouchet
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Promoting Salafi Political Participation
Author(s): Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Nord Stream 2: Trust in Europe
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Time to seize the Greek opportunity
Author(s): Matthias Bieri, Zoran Nechev
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Russia’s “Militarization” of Colour Revolutions
Author(s): Nicolas Bouchet
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Trust and Realpolitik: The OSCE in 2016
Author(s): Petri Hakkarainen, Christian Nünlist
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Searching for an Energy Union
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015
Coordinating democracy promotion: lessons from Belarus
Author(s): Nicolas Bouchet
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015
Keeping France in the CSDP
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015
Out-narrating the IS
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015
The Nuclear Weapons Comeback
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015
How to Use Climate Finance
Author(s): Mark Daniel Jaeger, Axel & Katharina Michaelowa
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014
Putin's Patriotic Pivot
Author(s): Aglaya Snetkov
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014
War Risks in Asia - Deciphering 1914
Author(s): Jonas Grätz, Michael Haas, Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014
Nigeria on the Edge
Author(s): Raymond Gilpin, Jennifer Giroux
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014
After Ukraine: Enhancing Europe's Gas Security
Author(s): Iana Dreyer, Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014
Neither Small Step Nor Giant Leap
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013
Friend Not Foe
Author(s): Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013
Deflating Russia´s Gas Pressure
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013