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The purpose of the Resources section of the CSS website is outreach - i.e., it features the analyses of CSS experts, external partners and like-minded institutions in order to promote dialogue on international relations and security-related issues. CSS Resources is the successor to the International Relations and Security Network (ISN).
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US Evangelicals: From Prophecy to Policy
Many evangelicals draw on Biblical prophecies about the apocalypse in order to shape US policies. Multilateral solutions to global problems need to recognize and constructively include such worldviews, argue Cora Alder and Emanuel Schäublin in this CSS Policy Perspective.
Arms Control: For and By Europe
According to this CSS Policy Perspective by Alexander Bollfrass and Mariana Budjeryn, the nuclear arms control architecture that underwrites European security is crumbling. Europe cannot achieve global nuclear disarmament or build its own credible deterrent, but it can clear the path for the next generation of arms governance through joint action.
Arctic Matters: Sino-Russian Dynamics
As the Arctic ice recedes, interest in resource extraction and promising trade routes increases, argue Maria Shagina and Benno Zogg in this CSS Analysis. Two actors in particular will have a strong impact on the region: China and Russia. Both are bound by an intricate dynamic of cooperation and competition, particularly in the energy sphere. As their interests do not always overlap, tensions and asymmetries between them may increase.
Information Battleground: Vaccines
According to this CSS Analysis by Jakob Bund and Ann-Sophie Leonard, rapid development of a vaccine has become a new measure of success in fighting coronavirus. More than any previously, this phase of the pandemic will be shaped by information, both positively through new knowledge on vaccines and negatively through influence attempts around their effectiveness and safety.
Keeping the 2020 Momentum Around Nuclear Issues Alive
While the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference on its 50th anniversary was rescheduled due to the pandemic, the delay could enable member states to further engage in dialogue, seek compromises, and suggest new initiatives, argues Névine Schepers in this CSS blog. Depending on when and how the conference will eventually take place, the coronavirus crisis might even bring much-needed change to conference proceedings.
Featured Publications
8 Sep 2020 | Publications
Estonia’s National Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense PostureThis Cyber Defense report by Kevin Kohler aims to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the evolutionary path that Estonia’s national cybersecurity and cyberdefense policy has taken since 1991. To do so, the report outlines the trigger events, the major policy documents, and the current organizational structure. It should be noted that this report is non-exhaustive and therefore, there are numerous sectoral developments, specialized regulations, and smaller governmental organizations that this study does not specifically touch upon.
7 Sep 2020 | Publications
Israel’s National Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense PostureThis Cyber Defense report by Jasper Frei provides a brief overview of Israel's national cybersecurity and cyberdefense policy. It outlines key events that have influenced Israel’s threat perception and lays out the evolution and shifts of its cybersecurity and defense policy. It also provides an overview of the national organizational framework, summarizes key strategy documents, as well as describes its main international and national partnerships.
2 Sep 2020 | Publications
Japan’s National Cybersecurity and Defense PostureThe aim of this study is to provide the reader with a better understanding of the evolution of Japan's cybersecurity and defense policy since the year 2000. In addition to the policy areas in which the Japanese government is active in protecting cyberspace, the report explains the security-related events that have triggered the need for government involvement. In addition, the report analyzes the key strategic documents that are still shaping Japanese government behavior and thinking on cybersecurity, and examines how cyber security is organized in Japan (ministries, agencies, councils and more). It should be noted that this study only deals with organizations and instruments in which the Japanese government itself is involved. Therefore, it does not fully describe the developments and dynamics of the private sector in Japan.
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