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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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A Comparative Assessment of Mobile Device-Based Multi-Hazard Warnings: Saving Lives through Public Alerts in Europe

22.03.2022

While there are many different forms of public warning systems, the ones that use means of electronic communications services offer several advantages, such as increased reachability, as a large part of the population always has a mobile with them. This CSS Risk and Resilience Report by Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler and Benjamin Scharte identifies challenges for such multi-hazard warning apps and makes several recommendations on how to overcome them.

“We won’t see a second Cold War”

11.03.2022

Russia’s attack on Ukraine calls the security architecture in Europe into question. In an interview with Globe, ETH Professor Andreas Wenger explains the medium- and long-term consequences for international and Swiss security policy

AUKUS: Below the Surface

02.03.2022

The newly formed AUKUS partnership, a trilateral defense technology arrangement bringing together the US, the UK, and Australia, signals a shift in Washington’s regional posture. It seeks to close ranks with important allies, particularly vis-à-vis China, and illustrates the subordination of non-proliferation and diplomatic concerns to strategic utility, argue Niklas Masuhr and Névine Schepers in this CSS Analysis.

The State of the Islamic State

02.03.2022

The Islamic State group (IS) seems to have been reduced to a shadow of its former self. Public attention in the West has waned, and the priorities of the international community shifted to other issues. This warrants taking stock of the group’s current status and assessing the dangers it still poses, argues Fabien Merz in this CSS Analysis.

Focus Ukraine

24.02.2022

Russia attacked Ukraine. Here we update you with media and other contributions and background analyses by CSS researchers on the current situation.

Featured Publications

Jan 2022 | Publications

No 125, Caucasus Analytical Digest: Localizing Smart Urban Development in Azerbaijan

This issue focuses on Localizing Smart Urban Development in Azerbaijan. Firstly, Anar Valiyev begins with a general discussion of the concept of the “smart city” and addresses the problems of implementation of the smart city concept in Azerbaijan. Secondly, Bairam Akhundov discusses Azerbaijan’s existing experience in “smart” development and examines the extent to which the wider public participates in these reforms. Thirdly, Gunay Mukhtarova looks at existing models of smart transportation and which of their components could be applied in Azerbaijan. Fourthly, Narmin Ismayilova discusses the possibilities of implementing “smart village” concepts in the Karabakh region.

24 Nov 2021 | Publications

Russian Analytical Digest No 274: Russian-US Relations

This issue discusses US-Russian Relations. Maxim A. Suchkov argues that the key issue between Russia and the United States at the moment is not the poor state of the relationship, but rather its changed nature, since the two pillars that used to shape the relationship—principles and agenda—have evolved; Ivan Kurilla posits that understanding the nature of conflicts over national identity in both Russia and the US improves our understanding of how each side views the other and highlights the nature of the obstacles standing in the way of improved relations.

30 Oct 2021 | Publications

Russian Analytical Digest No 273: Russia and the Conflicts in the South Caucasus: Perspectives from Armenia and Azerbaijan

The topic of this issue is Russia and the Conflicts in the South Caucasus. Firstly, Ruben Elamiryan discusses Armenian-Russian relations in the framework of Armenia’s so-called multi-vector foreign policy and presents the main aspects of cooperation; secondly, Anar Valiyev and Nigar Gurbanli try to analyze and predict Russian actions in Karabakh and the implications thereof for the broader region; thirdly, Farid Guliyev applies transactionalism to relations between Azerbaijan and Russia in the context of the 2020 war in Karabakh.

31 Jan 2022 | Publications

Russian Analytical Digest No 275: Russia's Role in the Contemporary International Agri-Food Trade System

This issue discusses various facets of Russia’s Role in the Contemporary International Agri-Food Trade System: Stephen K. Wegren provides an overview of U.S.-Russia bilateral agri-food trade; Jiayi Zhou posits that Sino-Russian trade in food and agricultural trade proves a useful indicator of both possibilities and limits of broader bilateral rapprochement; Frode Nilssen predicts that Russia’s seafood exports will increasingly tilt towards Asian markets; Rilka Dragneva estimates that the Eurasian Economic Union has performed below its potential as a vehicle for growth; Maximilian Heigermoser, Linde Götz, and Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani discuss Russia’s food trade with the Middle East and North Africa.

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