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 2023
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson, Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, Névine Schepers, Boas Lieberherr
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Silicon Curtain: America’s Quest for Allied Export Controls against China
Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Alliances and Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Europe and Asia
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

How India Navigates a World in Transition
Author(s): Boas Lieberherr
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

China, Russia, and the Future of World Order
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Strategic Trends 2022
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson, Dominika Kunertova, Boas Lieberherr, Linda Maduz, Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Transatlantic Security and the Future of Nuclear Arms Control
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Hypersonic Weapons: Emerging, Disruptive, Political
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

China-Russia Relations and Asian Security
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Indo-Pacific: The Reconstruction of a Region
Author(s): Boas Lieberherr, Linda Maduz
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Strategic Trends 2021
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson, Julian Kamasa, Linda Maduz, Niklas Masuhr, Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

China-Russia Relations and Transatlantic Security
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Japan and South Korea: Adapting to Asia’s Changing Regional Order
Author(s): Linda Maduz
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Europe and Major-Power Shifts in the Middle East
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Turkey’s New Outlook: Power Projection in the Middle East and Beyond
Author(s): Niklas Masuhr
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Franco-German-British Security Cooperation After Brexit
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Strategic Trends 2020: Wie wahrscheinlich ist ein Krieg zwischen den USA und China?
Author(s): Oliver Thränert, Michael Haas, Niklas Masuhr
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

Strategic Trends 2020
Author(s): Michael Haas, Henrik Larsen, Linda Maduz, Niklas Masuhr, Jack Thompson, Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Michael Haas, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

China, the US, and World Order
Author(s): Jack Thompson
Editor(s): Michael Haas, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

US-China Relations and the Specter of Great Power War
Author(s): Michael Haas, Niklas Masuhr
Editor(s): Michael Haas, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

China as a Stress Test for Europe’s Coherence
Author(s): Henrik Larsen, Linda Maduz
Editor(s): Michael Haas, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

On the Belt, on the Road: China’s Pivot to Eurasia
Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Michael Haas, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

Strategic Trends 2019
Author(s): Michael Haas, Jeronim Perović, Jack Thompson, Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Jack Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

Trump and the Weaponization of International Trade
Author(s): Jack Thompson
Editor(s): Jack Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

The Eclipse of Western Military-Technological Superiority
Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Jack Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

Russia’s Eurasian Strategy
Author(s): Jeronim Perović
Editor(s): Jack Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

Russia’s Renaissance in the Arab World
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Jack Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2019

Strategic Trends 2018
Author(s): John Thompson, Brian Carlson, Severin Fischer, Tim Prior
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018

Superpower Constrained
Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018

Room for Maneuver: China and Russia Strengthen Their Relations
Author(s): Brian Carlson
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018

Technological Innovation and the Geopolitics of Energy
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018

Resilience: The ‘Fifth Wave’ in the Evolution of Deterrence
Author(s): Tim Prior
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018

Strategic Trends 2017
Author(s): Christian Nünlist, John Thompson, Daniel Keohane, Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

Contested History: Rebuilding Trust in European Security
Author(s): Christian Nünlist
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

Looking Beyond Trump
Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

Brexit and European Insecurity
Author(s): Daniel Keohane
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

Threatened from Within? NATO, Trump and Institutional Adaptation
Author(s): Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

Strategic Trends 2016
Author(s): Daniel Keohane, Lisa Watanabe, Prem Mahadevan, Oliver Thränert, Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

The Renationalization of European Defense Cooperation
Author(s): Daniel Keohane
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

Borderline Practices – Irregular Migration and EU External Relations
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

Power Politics in (Eur)Asia
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

A Nuclear World Out of (Arms) Control
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

An Energy World Order in Flux
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

Strategic Trends 2015
Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Jonas Grätz, Michael Haas, Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

The Middle East's Thirty Years' War?
Author(s): Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

Putin's Russia: exploiting the weaknesses of liberal Europe
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

Resurgent radicalism
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

Vulnerable frontier: militarized competition in outer space
Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

The normalization of cyber-international relations
Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

Strategic Trends 2014
Author(s): Michael Haas, Jonas Grätz, Prem Mahadevan, Lisa Watanabe, Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014

Russia as a Challenger of the West
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014

Sinking in Shifting Sands: The EU in North Africa
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014

The Talibanization of Insurgency
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

Mounting Challenges to Geostrategic Access
Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014

People Decide, Parameters Shape: US Foreign Policy Under Barack Obama
Author(s): Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Martin Zapfe
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

Strategic Trends 2013
Author(s): Andrea Baumann, Jonas Grätz, Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

Strategic Trends 2013: Redefining Leadership
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

The De-Westernisation of Globalisation
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

Maritime Insecurity in East Asia
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Strategic Trends
Publication Year: 2013

Shifting Parameters of Military Crisis Management
Author(s): Andrea Baumann
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

The Glocalisation of Al Qaedaism
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

Strategic Trends 2012
Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Jonas Grätz, An Jacobs, Prem Mahadevan, Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

Strategic Trends 2012: From a Multipolar to a Polycentric World
Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

China's Uncertain Peaceful Rise
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

The Strategic Weakening of Debt-Ridden Europe
Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

Africa's Sore Spot: Regional Conflicts Across the Middle and the Horn
Author(s): An Jacobs
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

Unconventional Resources: The Shifting Geographies and Geopolitics of Energy
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

The Militarization of Cyber Security as a Source of Global Tension
Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

Strategic Trends 2011
Author(s): Matthew Hulbert, Roland Popp, Daniel Möckli, Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

Power Shifts
Author(s): Matthew Hulbert
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

Narcotics as a Growing Security Concern
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

Strategic Trends 2011: Overview
Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

9/11 Ten Years On
Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

Regional Dynamics in the New Middle East
Author(s): Roland Popp
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

Strategic Trends 2010
Author(s): Daniel Möckli, Matthew Hulbert, Prem Mahadevan, Aleksandra Dier
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

Energy Security
Author(s): Matthew Hulbert
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

Financial Crisis
Author(s): Matthew Hulbert
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

Global Overview 2010
Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

Non-Proliferation
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

The Crisis of Crisis Management
Author(s): Aleksandra Dier
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

US Foreign Policy
Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010