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 ...

The growing complexity of border-transcending security issues confronts the international community with a plethora of challenges. Within the topic of “Global Security”, we examine how geopolitical ...

Dr. Julia Palmiano Federer is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich, where she is leading a book project on process design for peace mediation as part of the CSS ...

Dr. Kit Rickard is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Political Science Department at University College ...

There is a close collaboration with the external page team of the MAS "Mediation in Peace Processes" program, as well as with CSS Senior Researchers Kit Rickard and Julia Palmiano Federer, and with ...

Cyber, space, and artificial intelligence (AI) are pivotal research fields in contemporary security studies and on the modern battlefield. Cyber has taken on heightened significance as offensive cyber ...

The world is undergoing a precarious transition marked by geopolitical tensions, economic disruption, fragmented global governance and weakening multilateralism. This volatility is notably exemplified ...

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Névine Schepers heads the Swiss and Euro-Atlantic Security Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich where she is also a Senior Researcher. She is also co- editor of the monthly ...

Recent revelations of Chinese government-backed hacking show a recurring pattern: prominent hackers behind groups such as APT17, APT27, APT41, Flax Typhoon, and Red Hotel—monikers given by ...

Reports and information disclosures by threat intelligence providers, government agencies, think tanks, and online hacktivists have exposed China’s elaborate multifaceted “hack-for-hire” ecosystem ...

The IT Army of Ukraine was stood up in an ad-hoc manner without a clearly structured and proven plan. Born out of necessity, the IT Army subsequently evolved into a hybrid construct that is neither ...