The Ceasefire Project seeks to develop a stronger understanding of the role that ceasefires play in the transition from war to peace. Ceasefires are a regular occurrence in armed conflict, yet we know ...

In the last decade, cyber incidents have become more expensive, more disruptive, and in many cases more political. Within this theme, we focus on two closely interlinked issues: First, the use and ...

Seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges ringt die Schweiz um die Neuausrichtung ihrer Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. Das CSS setzt sich insbesondere mit dem wachsenden Beitrag der Schweizer Armee zur ...

Mauro Gilli is a Senior Researcher in Military Technology and International Security. He received his PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University in 2015, with major in International ...

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The Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) analyzes recent events, trends and developments within contemporary Russian politics, economics and business, foreign policy, security and society. Each issue ...

Eduard Klein () and Heiko Pleines (), both Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen. The six analyses in this issue look at Ukraine's relations with its neighbors and how ...

The annual study Sicherheit (Security), a joint publication by the CSS and the Military Academy at ETH Zürich, evaluates long-term trends and tendencies in public opinion on foreign, security, and ...

The “ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict CeaseFire” (CF) dataset is the first comprehensive global dataset covering the full range of ceasefire arrangements in civil conflicts between 1989 and 2020. In total, the ...

Within this theme, developments within the Euro-Atlantic security environment and architecture that are relevant to Swiss foreign, security, and defense policy are in focus. A particular emphasis is ...

This book project addresses the following question: Why did the US pursue, from structural realism’s perspective, an underactive grand strategy towards China from 1991-2011, but a more optimal ...

Simon J. A. Mason is a Senior Researcher and Head of the Mediation Support Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. He has been working in the Mediation Support Project (MSP, a ...