Cyber commands largely oversee the cyber defense of space systems in the three European nations, whereas in the US, the Space ...

The ETH Workshop on Military Doctrines after 2014 discussed different factors that currently influence debates about military doctrines: The end of the war in Afghanistan; the conflict between the ...

“CSS Mediation Resources” is a series that aims to provide methodological guidance and insights to mediators, negotiators and peace practitioners working to address violent political conflicts. It is ...

The Center for Security Studies (CSS) held an “Evening Talk” on “The Return of Conventional War?” on 11 September 2013. Prof. Joachim Krause, Institute for Security Policy Kiel, and in-house expert ...

UN peace missions, which include peacekeeping operations, special political missions, and good offices engagements, are the main instrument of the UN to promote peace around the world. They are ...

On 11 December, the CSS held an Evening Talk on the topic of “The Swiss OSCE Chairmanship 2014.” The speakers were Ambassador Heidi Grau, head of the OSCE Task Force at the Swiss Foreign Ministry, and ...

This book tries to answer the following seven questions: ...

This report answers this question by outlining a conflict transformation approach developed by Cordoba Peace Institute – Geneva (CPI), and in Samarra, Talafar, and Iraq as a whole, between 2018 and ...

Historically, discussions on cyber conflict have primarily centered on the involvement of state-sponsored or affiliated groups. Yet, the growing prominence of criminal actors – specifically, ...

In April 2024, ahead of the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky external pagestated that Türkiye would be among the countries that “can perform a mediation mission but ...

Conflicts are growing ever more complex, with increased internationalization, splintering of conflict parties, new technologies, and multilateral institutions such as the UN in crisis. While worldwide ...