"How can it be," asked Kurt R. Spillmann in his farewell lecture more than twenty years ago in the main auditorium of ETH Zurich, "that we do not know how to stop people from causing each other ...

No. 312: The West and Russia's War of Aggression against Ukraine (2024) Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), ...

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Karin Hess is a Researcher and provides management support to the Head of the Center for Security Studies (CSS) thinktank Dr. Daniel Möckli. Prior to joining CSS, Karin worked for the Swiss Federal ...

At the NATO Summit in Wales nearly a decade ago, NATO recognized that cyber defense is an inseparable part of collective defense. Therefore, a cyberattack against one or more member states can trigger ...

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 ...

At the height of its power between 2014 and 2015, the group held sway over a territory approximately the size of the United Kingdom that stretched from Aleppo, in northwestern Syria to Diyala, in ...

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

external page To the Publication Deterrence theory helps conceptualize how threats can be used and communicated to influence or alter an adversary’s behavior. Deterrence by denial reduces the ...

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has created global shockwaves. Africa has been affected along a variety of axes, such as the elevated intensity of great-power competition, attempts to influence ...

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, ...

European-made advanced drones would make an important contribution to achieving EU strategic autonomy. In 2021, only five European countries operate advanced drones, all of which are either American ...