Think Tank Events
We organize various formats of national and international events are of particular relevance for the CSS think tank in order to build bridges between research and practice as well as to link Swiss security policy debates with international discourses.
The ETH Workshops on Swiss Security Policy aim to deliver impulses for strategic thinking in Switzerland and to lay the foundation for revising and developing Swiss security policy. They are conducted in cooperation with the Security Policy sector at the General Secretariat of the DDPS. Around 30 participants from the spheres of academia, the administration, politics, and the armed forces participate in these events.
- chevron_right February 2024: The "Axis of Resistance"
- chevron_right October 2023: Arms Control and Technology Governance
- chevron_right June 2023: Russia's Ukrainian Invasion: Military Lessons, Technological Trends, and Arms Policy Options
- chevron_right April 2023: World political situation 2023
- chevron_right June 2022: The Future of Swiss Crisis Management
- chevron_right June 2022: Implications of the War in Ukraine
- chevron_right January 2020: Dealing with Foreign Fighters and Their Families After the Loss of ISIS Territory
- chevron_right May 2019: Artificial Intelligence, Technological Change and Swiss Foreign- and Security Policy
- chevron_right April 2019: World Politics in 2019
- chevron_right January 2019: Religion in Swiss peace promotion
- chevron_right November 2018: Arms procurement in Europe: Current trends and implications for Switzerland
- chevron_right February 2017: Autonomous Weapons Systems
- chevron_right May 2018: Jihadi Networks in Switzerland
- chevron_right April 2018: World Politics in 2018
- chevron_right June 2017: US Foreign and National Security Policy in the Trump Era
- chevron_right March 2017: World Politics in 2017
- chevron_right June 2016: Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE)
- chevron_right March 2016: World Politics in 2016
- chevron_right January 2016: NATO and European Security after 2014
- chevron_right November 2015: Arms Procurement
- chevron_right March 2015: World Politics in 2015
- chevron_right January 2015: Dual Use of Space
- chevron_right June 2014: Military Doctrines after 2014
- chevron_right March 2014: Switzerland and its Neighbors
- chevron_right December 2013: Switzerland's OSCE Chairmanship 2014
- chevron_right October 2013: Resilience in Crisis Situation
- chevron_right March 2013: World Politics in 2013
Evening Talks, featuring two national or international speakers on a current international topic, take place about four times per year. The talks offer opportunities to exchange views with local media representatives as well as the local security policy community.
- chevron_right November 2023: Is Putin firmly in the saddle? Internal political dynamics in Russia
- chevron_right October 2023: Reconstruction Ukraine
- chevron_right March 2023: Russia’s War against Ukraine: Implications for NATO
- chevron_right January 2023: Lecture Event: China and European Security
- chevron_right November 2022: Lecture Event: Die Folgen der russischen Invasion in der Ukraine für die europäische Sicherheit
- chevron_right September 2022: Grossmachtkonflikte und heimische Sicherheit: Die Bedeutung kritischer Lieferketten
- chevron_right June 2022: Building New Alliances? US policy in the Middle East
- chevron_right June 2022: Book Launch: 'No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber-Force'
- chevron_right December 2021: Polizeiarbeit in Pandemiezeiten
- chevron_right January 2020: Challenges for Democracy: Do the EU and NATO have the Right Answers?
- chevron_right December 2019: Resilience through Technology. How We Protect Critical Infrastructures from the Unexpected
- chevron_right October 2019: The New Silk Road: Chinese Visions and European Reactions
- chevron_right March 2019: The Death of Expertise
- chevron_right January 2019: The Iranian Nuclear Program and Transatlantic Relations
- chevron_right October 2018: Eastern European Security and the View from Belarus
- chevron_right September 2018: The Evolution of Organized Crime and its Linkage to Terrorism
- chevron_right May 2018: Swiss Health Security in the Global Context
- chevron_right January 2018: Russia, the West, and the Future of the International Order
- chevron_right November 2017: Trump’s Foreign Policy: Rhetoric vs. Reality
- chevron_right October 2017: The Libyan Crisis and Security Challenges in the Mediterranean
- chevron_right June 2017: Alternative Facts, Propaganda and Media Crisis (in German)
- chevron_right March 2017: The crisis region of the Balkans (in German)
- chevron_right November 2016: America after the Elections
- chevron_right September 2016: Islamist Terrorism and Security Policy in Europe
- chevron_right June 2016: Do We Need a Cyber Grand Strategy?
- chevron_right February 2016: The Future of European Defense
- chevron_right October 2015: Conflicts and Security in the Maghreb and North Africa
- chevron_right June 2015: The Ukraine Crisis and the Future of European Security Architecture
- chevron_right February 2015: The Future of the Two Koreas
- chevron_right December 2014: The Future of Missile Defense
- chevron_right October 2014: Chemical Weapons
- chevron_right February 2014: Emerging India – A New Actor on the Global Stage?
- chevron_right December 2013: The Swiss OSCE Chairmanship
- chevron_right September 2013: The Return of Conventional War?
- chevron_right June 2013: The Iranian Nuclear Challenge
- chevron_right January 2013: Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in the Caucasus
The biennial International Security Forum (ISF) is organized in cooperation with the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP); Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). The ISF reaches out to a large international audience of experts. The most recent ISF took place 13 - 15 June 2016 at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva.
The CSS regularly organizes additional events with various partners on several international security policy issues.
- chevron_right April 2023: World Politics in 2023
- chevron_right December 2022: Presentation of the Bulletin 2022 on Swiss Security Policy
- chevron_right May 2022: World Politics in 2022
- chevron_right December 2021: ETH CSS Joint Report Online Launch: "Redesigning Nuclear Arms Control for New Realities"
- chevron_right November 2021: Lecture of Federal Councillor Viola Amherd: «Eine sichere Schweiz - was wir dafür tun wollen und müssen»
- chevron_right July 2021: Book Launch: “Multilateralism in Transition, Challenges and Opportunities for the OSCE”
- chevron_right July 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: "Security policy aspects of 5G in Europe"
- chevron_right July 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: “Corona and the Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal”
- chevron_right June 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: “Strategic Trends IV: China as a Stress Test for Europe’s Coherence”
- chevron_right June 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: "Strategic Trends III: China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia"
- chevron_right May 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: "Strategic Trends II: China, the US, and World Order"
- chevron_right May 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: “COVID-19: Origin of the New Coronavirus and Countermeasures”
- chevron_right April 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: «Strategic Trends I: War Peril between China and USA?»
- chevron_right April 2020: CSS Brown Bag Webinar: "Protecting the Vulnerable and Strengthening Resilience: COVID19 and Lessons Learned from Past Crises"
- chevron_right February 2020: Speaker Series: Geopolitics of Cyberspace
- chevron_right November 2019: Presentation of the Bulletin 2019 on Swiss Security Policy
- chevron_right June 2019: Speaker Series: US-China Strategic Competition in the Digital Domain
- chevron_right May 2019: Speaker Series: The United States, Europe, and World Order in the Age of Trump, Xi and Putin
- chevron_right February 2019: Speaker Series: Strategic Stability and the Future of International Politics
- chevron_right November 2018: Bulletin 2018 on Swiss Security Policy
- chevron_right October 2018: Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE)
- chevron_right February 2018: CSS at Munich Security Conference
- chevron_right November 2017: Bulletin 2017 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik
- chevron_right October 2017: Workshop on Women and Worldview Conflict
- chevron_right June 2017: CSS Energy Debate
- chevron_right May 2017: Discussion with GCSP
- chevron_right September 2016: Security of Supply in the Swiss and the EU Electricity Market
- chevron_right September 2016: Spiez Convergence
- chevron_right September 2016: Publication Launch CSS Mediation Resources
- chevron_right April 2016: Swiss Foreign Minister at ETH
- chevron_right March 2016: Strategic Trends 2016
- chevron_right October 2014: Energy Security
- chevron_right September 2013: Expert Workshop "Swiss Crisis Mapping"
- chevron_right March 2013: EU Energy Policy as a Challenge for Switzerland
- chevron_right June 2013: Peace Mediation Course