«Die Übersättigung mit Drohnen in Frontnähe ist meines Erachtens mit ein Grund, wieso sich die Frontlinie in der Ukraine kaum bewegt.»
CSS Researcher Ivo Capaul erläutert im Interview mit watson die besondere Rolle von Drohnen in der modernen Kriegsführung. 👉 www.watson.ch/internationa...
🚨New Russian Analytical Digest!
This issue of the Russian Analytical Digest explores how agricultural trade is increasingly shaped by strategic and geopolitical considerations.
Read the full digest: 👇 css.ethz.ch/.../pdfs/rus...
Die erste CSS Study ist veröffentlicht!
Jurgena Kamberaj und Simon Aebi zeigen, wie die Bevölkerung in der Schweiz Risiken wahrnimmt, sich informiert und vorsorgt, um sich individuell gegen Katastrophen abzusichern.
Mit dem Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS: 👉 css.ethz.ch/.../cente......
MAS ETH MPP Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation
How is peace mediation evolving in today’s turbulent global landscape?
Join the MAS ETH MPP Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation.
📍 CAREUM Auditorium, Zurich
📅 June 12, 2026
🔒 Closed-door MAS ETH MPP alumni meeting on June 13
Registration details: mas-mediation.ethz.ch/programme/ev...
CSS Expert Spotlight
📝 New blog post live!
"What we Know and don't Know about AI in Iran"
The Iran war is often described as the first AI-shaped conflict. But what do we really know? @myducave.bsky.social analyses how AI may be thickening, rather than lifting, the fog of war.
👉Read more: css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
In this Frontiers journal article, CSS Senior Researcher Sophie Reiners reviews the current landscape of generative protein design together with researchers from Labor Spiez and ETH Zürich.
Read the full article: 👇
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
📝 Neuer CSS Blogbeitrag:
«Zehn Erkenntnisse aus dem Iran-Krieg für die Schweizer Sicherheitspolitik»
Auf Grundlage des CSS Web Talk hat Daniel Möckli zehn erste Erkenntnisse formuliert, die Impulse für die Weiterentwicklung der Schweizer Sicherheitspolitik geben.
👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
Web Talk «War in the Middle East: Regional Dynamics and Global Consequences»
On Monday, we hosted the Web Talk «War in the Middle East: Regional Dynamics and Global Consequences».
Thank you to our panelists, Sanam Vakil, Grace Wermenbol, and @goranagrgic.bsky.social for an insightful and nuanced discussion.
👉 Watch the full recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Pc...
A drone with an attached portable grenade launcher during a test fly conducted by Ukrainian servicemen in the Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine on 11 October 2024.
📄 Ceasefires: Integrating Emerging Technologies
In this CSS analysis, Simon J. A. Mason, Ivan Zaccagnini and Julian Th. Hottinger emphasise the importance of adapting ceasefires in light of emerging technologies that are transforming the nature of warfare.
👉Read more: css.ethz.ch/en/publicati...
The piece draws on insights from @gesineweber.bsky.social's recent trip to India, where she participated in the Raisina Dialogue in early March.
India’s growing geopolitical and economic weight is reshaping its role as a key partner for Europe. The article explores:
🔹 Opportunities in trade, security, and innovation
🔹 Constraints linked to India’s multialignment strategy
🔹 The impact of global shifts on the Europe-India relationship
🚀 Launch of our new CSS Blog!
It serves as a platform for science communication, enabling CSS researchers and Think Tank experts to share their insights.
📝 Our first article is already live:
India as a Strategic Partner for Europe: Opportunities and Limits👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
CSS Web Talk
Join our CSS Web Talk on the war in the Middle East.
📆 March 30 I⏰ 4:00 - 5:15 PM CEST
Experts Sanam Vakil, Grace Wermenbol and @goranagrgic.bsky.social discuss strategic impacts beyond the headlines, moderated by Daniel Möckli.
Register: www.bi.id.ethz.ch/KontaktDB-We...
Student Editor mit Fokus Social Media
🔊 Werde Teil des CSS-Kommunikationsteams!
Als Student Editor übernimmst du vielseitige Aufgaben: von der Betreuung und Weiterentwicklung der Social-Media-Kanäle bis hin zur Unterstützung von Events.
Erfahre mehr zum Profil und bewerbe dich hier:
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Die CSS-Expertin @myducave.bsky.social spricht im Tages-Anzeiger über KI im Krieg: «Bald könnte sie so schnell entscheiden, dass der Mensch nicht mehr intervenieren kann».
Lesen Sie den vollständigen Artikel: 👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ai-im-krieg-...
This week, @apb-ldn.org is coaching participants in the Young Faces programme organised by our partner, the DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, at the Balkans Cybersecurity Days. He presented his latest research on informal alignments in the cyber statecraft of middle-ground states.
Strategic Trends 2026 Final Chapter
In the final chapter of Strategic Trends 2026, Clémence Poirier examines the emergence of outer space as a contested and increasingly weaponized domain.
Read the full chapter:
👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
Strategic Trends Chapter 3
The third chapter of Strategic Trends 2026 features Ivan Zaccagnini’s discussion of the intense debate surrounding the diffusion of emerging technologies and their potential to fundamentally revolutionize warfare.
Read the full chapter:
👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
Strategic Trends 2026 Chapter 2
In the second chapter of Strategic Trends 26, @gesineweber.bsky.social addresses the increasingly strained relations between Europe and China due to conflicting responses to Russia’s war against Ukraine, macroeconomic imbalances, and diverging visions of global order:
👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
@goranagrgic.bsky.social was invited by the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War to speak at their annual conference in Lucerne. She contributed to a panel on "Global Security in a Changing World Order". Thank you to the organizers for hosting the event!
Strategic Trends 2026 Chapter 1
In the first chapter of Strategic Trends 2026, @goranagrgic.bsky.social discusses how regional economic and security architectures have become key arenas for the projection and contestation of major power influence:
👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
Where is Russia heading?
With Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine now having passed the four-year mark, this issue of the Russian Analytical Digest explores a perennial question.
Read the full digest: 👉 css.ethz.ch/.../pdfs/rus...
@goranagrgic.bsky.social and Daniel Möckli, Head of the CSS Think Tank place this year’s edition of Strategic Trends in the context of profound changes in the international order:
👉css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special...
Belarusian Analytical Digest
The new Belarus Analytical Digest explores the recent geopolitical reorientation of the Belarusian democratic opposition.
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👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
Strategic Trends 2026
🔍 Strategic Trends 2026 – Now Available! 📖
The 16th edition of Strategic Trends is here! The annual flagship publication of the CSS examines pivotal forces and developments shaping global security in a world undergoing profound transformation.
📥Download here:
css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...
Russian Analytical Digest
On the occasion of the end of the New START arms control treaty, the new Russian Analytical Digest provides an overview of the development of nuclear arms treaties between Russia and the USA.
Read the full digest:
👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
CSS in the media March 2026
CSS experts were featured on current topics and shared their expertise in various media outlets.
🗞️FAZ:
www.faz.net/pro/digitalw...
🗞️The National Security Podcast:
shows.acast.com/the-national...
🗞️Schaffhauser Fernsehen: www.shf.ch/shf/sendung/...
🗞️RTS:
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
Moldovan Analytical Digest
The new issue of the Moldovan Analytical Digest explores key topics related to the September 2025 parliamentary elections.
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Ukrainian Analytical Digest
New Ukrainian Analytical Digest about protests, activism and resistance!
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