Resilience is becoming a central term in debates on preparedness, security, and governance. It appears in discussions on critical infrastructure, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, digital ...

This CSS Study by Simon Aebi and Jurgena Kamberaj examines individual disaster preparedness among the Swiss population. Building on previous studies conducted in 2011 and 2017, it provides an updated ...

India’s growing geopolitical and economic weight is reshaping its role as a key partner for Europe, offering both significant opportunities and notable constraints. As cooperation deepens across trade ...

Immediately after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared a “Watershed” (Zeitenwende) in German security and defense policy. Above all, this widely ...

The military escalation between Israel, the United States, and Iran, along with the regional spread of the war, are shaping the security situation in the Middle East. However, Europe and other parts ...

Gorana Grgić and Daniel Möckli place this year’s edition of Strategic Trends in the context of profound changes in the international order, characterized by shifting power balances, increasing rivalry ...

When democracy and the rule of law appeared to take hold in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Belarus ‒ perceived as “Europe’s last dictatorship” ‒ seemed like a relic from a bygone ...

Simon Mason, Sebastian Kratzer and Edward Jackson argue that collaborating over environmental issues can be an entry point for security and peace talks. A global increase in environmental degradation ...

In her new CSS Analysis, Gesine Weber examines how the EU has fundamentally revised its approach as a security actor by strengthening cooperation with external partners. The new Security and Defense ...

Islamist armed actors frame their struggle in terms derived from the Qur’an and the Prophetic traditions. In recent years, such groups have expanded and consolidated power in different intrastate ...

Space systems are an integral part of modern war fighting. Militaries use them to conduct everything from reconnaissance to communications and data transfers, mission planning, and maintain ...

The Bulletin 2025 begins with an interview with Federal Councillor Martin Pfister, Head of the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), in which he discusses the security ...