Strategic Trends

The Strategic Trends series offers a concise analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a primary focus on international security. The annual volumes provide succinct interpretations of key trends and contain numerous graphics. Strategic Trends is published in English.

Strategic Trends 2026

Strategic Trends 2026

Author(s): Gorana Grgić, Clémence Poirier, Gesine Weber, Ivan Zaccagnini
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2026

Contesting Regions, Contesting Domains

Contesting Regions, Contesting Domains

Author(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2026

When Spheres Meet Regions: Contesting Influence in the Age of Revisionism

When Spheres Meet Regions: Contesting Influence in the Age of Revisionism

Author(s): Gorana Grgić
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2026

Europe–China Relations at the Crossroads: Downward Spirals and Volatility

Europe–China Relations at the Crossroads: Downward Spirals and Volatility

Author(s): Gesine Weber
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2026

Emerging Technologies and the Enduring Elements of Warfare

Emerging Technologies and the Enduring Elements of Warfare

Author(s): Ivan Zaccagnini
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2026

Space as a Contested Domain

Space as a Contested Domain

Author(s): Clémence Poirier
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2026

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