CSS Policy Perspectives
In den «CSS Policy Perspectives» analysieren die Experten des CSS sowie internationale Gastautoren aktuelle sicherheitspolitische Themen.
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Herausgeber: Daniel Möckli
Die Perspektiven werden anlassbezogen erstellt und übersetzen die akademische Kompetenz des CSS in politiknahe Analysen und Handlungsempfehlungen. Dabei zielen die Perspektiven auf ein internationales Publikum und sind daher in englischer Sprache verfasst.
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Towards a Holistic Approach to PeaceTech Ethics
Author(s): Fabian Hofmann
Editor(s): Leo Eigner
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2025

Electronic and Cyber Operations Against Space Systems
Author(s): Clémence Poirier
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2025

Cyber Defense in Space: Quo Vadis?
Author(s): Clémence Poirier, Sarah Wiedemar
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

Prospects of a Transatlantic Arsenal of Democracy
Author(s): Gorana Grgić
Editor(s): Leo Eigner
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

Time to Make ‘Peace’ with the Bandits
Author(s): Claudia Wiehler, Medinat Malefakis
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

Unequal Access to UN Human Rights Bodies
Author(s): Christoph Valentin Steinert
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Making Cyber Attribution More Transparent
Author(s): Eugenio Benincasa
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Satellitenbildgebung für Katastrophenresilienz
Author(s): Jurgena Kamberaj
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Mind the E-Waste: A Case for Switzerland
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Securing Europe’s Supply of Rare Earths
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Navigating Stormy Seas in US-China Relations
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

The Ukraine Drone Effect on European Militaries
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Minsk’s Signals: Belarus and the War in Ukraine
Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

The China Factor in Russia’s War in Ukraine
Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Adapting Civil Protection to a Changing Climate
Author(s): Christine Eriksen, Andrin Hauri, David Nicolai Kollmann
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Tense Triangle in Asia: The South Korea Factor
Author(s): Linda Maduz
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

US-China “Tech Decoupling”: A Swiss Perspective
Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova, Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Triple Nexus in Fragile Contexts: Next Steps
Author(s): Fritz Brugger, Joane Holliger, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

When Crises Collide: Energy, Security, Climate Change
Author(s): Christine Eriksen, Andrin Hauri
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

What it Takes to Develop a Military Cyber-Force
Author(s): Max Smeets
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Russia’s War and the Global Nuclear Order
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Sicherheitsordnung nach Moskaus Ukraine-Invasion
Author(s): Jeronim Perović
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr, Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

The War Against Ukraine Shapes NATO’s Future
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova, Niklas Masuhr
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Goodbye Cyberwar: Ukraine as Reality Check
Author(s): Lennart Maschmeyer, Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification Technology
Author(s): Alexander Hug, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Cyberneutrality: Discouraging Collateral Damage
Author(s): Kevin Kohler
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

Europe: Greater Autonomy, Better Allies
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

The Role of Value Systems in Conflict Resolution
Author(s): Abbas Aroua, Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Redesigning Nuclear Arms Control for New Realities
Author(s): Anna Péczeli, Brad Roberts, Jonas Schneider, Adam Thomson, Oliver Thränert, Heather Williams
Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

NATO’s Strategic Concept: Three Do’s and Don’ts
Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Editor(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Nord Stream 2: It’s Time to Change Perspective
Author(s): Jeronim Perović, Maria Shagina
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

European Drone Clubs Stall Strategic Autonomy
Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

COVAX braucht eine politische Zukunft
Author(s): Michèle Gemünden, Jan Thiel
Editor(s): Boas Lieberherr
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Arms Control Without Treaties
Author(s): Névine Schepers, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Belarus in Upheaval: Three Scenarios
Author(s): Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Brian Carlson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Turbulent Trade: Europe and the Biden Challenge
Author(s): Michiel Foulon
Editor(s): Brian Carlson, Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Predictive Policing: Proceed, but with Care
Author(s): Matthias Leese
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Brian Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

China’s Rise Can Unite NATO
Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Editor(s): Brian Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Europe's Fiery Future: Rethinking Wildfire Policy
Author(s): Christine Eriksen
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

US Evangelicals: From Prophecy to Policy
Author(s): Cora Alder, Emanuel Schäublin
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Arms Control: For and By Europe
Author(s): Alexander Bollfrass, Mariana Budjeryn
Editor(s): Oliver Thränert, Annabelle Vuille
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Das Krisenmanagement kann aus der Krise lernen
Author(s): Matthias Leese
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Keeping the Skies Open over Europe
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Michael Haas
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Corona-Aufarbeitung: Sind wir strategiefähig?
Author(s): Amos Dossi
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

An ‘Etroika’ to Advance Europe’s Policy on Libya
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Michael Haas
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

The Instrumentalization of Religion in Conflict
Author(s): Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Die Sicherung zukünftiger 5G-Netze
Author(s): Julian Kamasa
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Obstacles Ahead: Preserving the JCPOA
Author(s): Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Politikberatung in Corona-Zeiten
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

Neo-Containment: a Strategy toward Russia
Author(s): Henrik Larsen
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020

Educating Engineers for Resilience
Author(s): Benjamin Scharte
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2019

Ein neutraler Hub für KI-Forschung
Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, Andreas Wenger
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2019

Trumps Raketenabwehr: Herausforderungen für Europa
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Annabelle Vuille, John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2019

Smart Pressure und das Ende von Bürgerkriegen
Author(s): Allard Duursma
Editor(s): John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

When Terrorism and Organized Crime Meet
Author(s): Mark Shaw, Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): John Thompson
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s):
Publication Year: 2018

Religion and the Prevention of Violent Extremism
Author(s): Owen Frazer, Anaël Jambers
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

Russia’s Turn to Eurasia
Author(s): Jeronim Perović
Editor(s): John Thompson, Mahadevan Prem
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

Time to Ease Sanctions on Russia
Author(s): Andreas Beyer, Benno Zogg
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

Preventing Violent Extremism in Tunisia
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

Cyberspace is a Consensual Hallucination
Author(s): Robert Dewar
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

Rethinking Mediation: Resolving Religious Conflicts
Author(s): Jonas Baumann, Daniel Finnbogason, Isak Svensson
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2018

The China Challenge Calls for US Leadership
Author(s): Brian Carlson
Editor(s): Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2017

Lost in Regulation: The EU and Nord Stream 2
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2017

Trump Preparing to End Iran Nuke Deal
Author(s): John Thompson, Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2017

American Affairs and U.S. Foreign Policy
Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2017

No Shortcut to a European Deterrent
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2017

Energy Union: Delivery still pending
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2017

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: McCarthyism as a Cautionary Tale
Author(s): John Thompson
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

IS Defeat in Sirte Leaves Tunisia Vulnerable
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Syria and the Chemical Weapons Ban
Author(s): Céline Barmet, Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

‘Hybrid’ threats and NATO’s Forward Presence
Author(s): Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Donbas and the democracy dilemma in de facto states
Author(s): Nicolas Bouchet
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Promoting Salafi Political Participation
Author(s): Jean-Nicolas Bitter, Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Nord Stream 2: Trust in Europe
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Time to seize the Greek opportunity
Author(s): Matthias Bieri, Zoran Nechev
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Russia’s “Militarization” of Colour Revolutions
Author(s): Nicolas Bouchet
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Trust and Realpolitik: The OSCE in 2016
Author(s): Petri Hakkarainen, Christian Nünlist
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2016

Searching for an Energy Union
Author(s): Severin Fischer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2015

Coordinating democracy promotion: lessons from Belarus
Author(s): Nicolas Bouchet
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2015

Keeping France in the CSDP
Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2015

Out-narrating the IS
Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2015

The Nuclear Weapons Comeback
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2015

How to Use Climate Finance
Author(s): Mark Daniel Jaeger, Axel & Katharina Michaelowa
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

Putin's Patriotic Pivot
Author(s): Aglaya Snetkov
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

War Risks in Asia - Deciphering 1914
Author(s): Jonas Grätz, Michael Haas, Prem Mahadevan, Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

Nigeria on the Edge
Author(s): Raymond Gilpin, Jennifer Giroux
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

After Ukraine: Enhancing Europe's Gas Security
Author(s): Iana Dreyer, Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2014

Neither Small Step Nor Giant Leap
Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2013

Friend Not Foe
Author(s): Owen Frazer
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2013

Deflating Russia´s Gas Pressure
Author(s): Jonas Grätz
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2013