International crises are a stress test for governments, offering opportunities to rally citizens but also risking dissatisfaction with tough policy choices. While trust in government has fluctuated in ...

How can conflict transformation and mediation processes adequately address the interplay between religion and politics? This question is at the heart of our Culture and Religion in Mediation program ...

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 ...

Dr. Nina Silove is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on grand strategy, strategic planning, and US policy toward the Asia-Pacific. Nina ...

We will only achieve our ambitious goals with first-class staff members. In order to be able to attract and retain these, we create optimal framework conditions based on our basic values.

Within the CIS PhD program, the Center for Security Studies (CSS) offers PhD positions. Besides the writing of the doctoral dissertation, the students attend courses in their field of specialization ...

Technological competition has long been at the heart of international security. Economic containment vis-a-vis the Soviet Union has been a key pillar of the United States’ grand strategy during the ...

The EU’s embrace of its role as a “geopolitical actor,” and NATO’s renewed focus on deterrence and defense have had a significant impact on their respective approaches to partnerships. Both emphasize ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eduard Klein () and Heiko Pleines (), both Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen. This issue addresses Ukraine's pressing energy and climate challenges, particularly ...

Der «Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)» analysiert Ereignisse, Trends und Entwicklungen im Hinblick auf die politische, wirtschaftliche, sicherheitspolitische und gesellschaftliche Situation in Russland ...