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Christine Eriksen @drceriksen.bsky.social · 20h

Fired up! 🔥🎥 Tom Lowe and I have been awarded an Agora grant by @snsf.ch to turn insights from the FiRESproject.com into short documentaries and a moving image installation that will be exhibited at @focusterra.bsky.social next year. To whet your appetite ➡️ css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS... @css.ethz.ch

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Fired up! A Multi-Stage Dialogue Between Science and Society About Wildfire Preparedness

The Agora project ‘Fired up!’ will facilitate a multi-stage dialogue between science and society on the topic of wildfire prevention. It builds on the findings of Christine Eriksen's SNSF-funded FiRES...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 20h

Space Cyber Threat Intelligence: Threat Landscape Report 2025 🛰️ In this CSS Study Clémence Poirier identifies 407 cyber operations against the space sector in 2025 and investigates the reasons behind the limited availability of cyber threat intelligence on satellites. 👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...

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Corinne Bara @corinnebara.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New publication in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social with @realmps.bsky.social. Do ceasefires live up to the hopes placed in them to stop civilian suffering? We find they can reduce civilian targeting. This, however, mostly happens when at least one side gets military support... doi.org/10.1093/jopr...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 26/06/2026

🚨New Russian Analytical Digest on the mobilization of culture and memory in wartime Russia Read the full digest: 👉 css.ethz.ch/.../pdfs/rus...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 19/06/2026

🚨New Policy Brief In this Policy Brief, @myducave.bsky.social and Arthur Laudrain examine the growing concept of “cognitive warfare” and argue against recognising cognition as a sixth operational domain. Read the full brief: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 15/06/2026

We thank all CSS researchers for their engagement and valuable input throughout the Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation, organized by the MAS ETH Mediation in Peace Processes Program. #ETHMediationForum2026

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 15/06/2026

Last Friday at the Biennial Forum for Peace Mediation, mediation researchers, policymakers, and practitioners discussed the challenges that peace mediation faces in today's global environment. The forum was organized by the Master of Advanced Studies ETH “Mediation in Peace Processes”.

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 08/06/2026

🌍Risks do not stop at national borders. The CSS and the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection visited the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission for a valuable exchange on risk analysis, risk assessment methodologies, and good practices across institutional contexts. 🤝

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 04/06/2026

📝 Our latest CSS blog article is now live! "Why Do States Name and Shame Non-State Armed Groups?" Non-state armed groups are central actors in contemporary conflicts, yet responding to them remains a persistent challenge. Read the full blog article: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 02/06/2026

Ein wichtiger Trend in der Studie «Sicherheit 2026»: Seit dem Ausbruch des Ukraine-Krieges zeigt sich eine zunehmende Unterstützung in der Stimmbevölkerung für eine stärkere Annäherung an die NATO. Aktuell befürworten 56% der Befragten diesen Kurs. Mehr dazu: 👉 css.ethz.ch/publikatione...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 01/06/2026

🚨 New on the CSS Blog The latest article from Névine Schepers and Felix Scherer examines the outcome of the 2026 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Read more on the CSS Blog: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 28/05/2026

Zentrale Erkenntnis aus der Studie «Sicherheit 2026»: Überraschend hoch ist die Zustimmung zur Aussage, dass die Armee den Zusammenhalt der mehrsprachigen Schweiz stärkt. Aktuell teilen 72 Prozent der Befragten diese Einschätzung. Lesen Sie die vollständige Studie: 👉 css.ethz.ch/ueber-uns/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 28/05/2026

New Russian Analytical Digest is out! The latest issue of the Russian Analytical Digest examines state ideologization and its implementation in contemporary Russian education and society. Read more: 👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 26/05/2026

Die Studie «Sicherheit 2026» ist veröffentlicht! Sie liefert Einblicke in langfristige Trends der aussen,- sicherheits- und verteidigungspolitische Meinungsbildung der Schweiz. 📖 Lesen Sie die vollständige Studie: css.ethz.ch/ueber-uns/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 18/05/2026

Die neue Reihe CSS Policy Briefs enthält prägnante, policyorientierte Beiträge. Abonnieren Sie unseren Newsletter, um über die neuesten Policy Briefs auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben: 👉 css.ethz.ch/publikatione...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 18/05/2026

CSS Experts Gorana Grgić, @gesineweber.bsky.social, Ivan Zaccagnini and Clémence POIRIER joined Emily Harding from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to discuss key developments shaping the global security landscape. 🎧 Listen to the conversation: www.csis.org/events/strat...

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Strategic Trends 2026: Navigating a Fragmenting Global Order | CSIS Events

Please join CSIS for a conversation about Strategic Trends 2026: Key Developments in Global Affairs, a new report by the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich on shifting partnerships, Europe–Chin...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 15/05/2026

📝New CSS blog article is live: "Parliamentary Elections in Armenia: A Potential Watershed Moment" Ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections on 7 June 2026, Lucas Renaud shares insights from a recent work study trip to Armenia. Read the full article: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 15/05/2026

𝐂𝐒𝐒 𝐉𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Der neue Jahresbericht zeigt, wie wir Forschung, Politikberatung, Aus- und Weiterbildung und Nachwuchsförderung verbinden, um Sicherheit und Frieden in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt zu stärken. Mehr Einblicke im aktuellen Jahresbericht: 👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 13/05/2026

🚨The first issue of the Central Asian Analytical Digest is out now🚨 This issue explores how economic liberalisation, infrastructural change, and shifting governance structures reshape urban space. 📩 Stay updated on new Analytical Digests: css.ethz.ch/en/publicati...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 12/05/2026

One month until the MAS ETH MPP Biennial Policy Forum on Peace Mediation! Keynote speakers are: Alexandre Fasel, State Secretary of the FDFA Comfort Ero, President and CEO of International Crisis Group Dr. Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, Minister of State of Qatar 👉 mas-mediation.ethz.ch/programme/ev...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 11/05/2026

🔍What do we mean when we talk about resilience? Jurgena Kamberaj shares key takeaways from the International Conference on Resilient Systems 2026 at TU Delft University in a new CSS blog article. Read the CSS Blog article: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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International Organization @iojournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

@cbrandt.bsky.social and Jenniina Kotajoki's study of naming and shaming non-state armed groups finds that nearly half of all condemnations at the UN Security Council target them (rather than other states)—and states shame them for very different strategic reasons. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Naming and Shaming Nonstate Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Naming and Shaming Nonstate Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 04/05/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪🌟 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 «𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀» Lisez la première Policy Brief sur le recours stratégique de la Chine aux contrôles commerciaux :👉 css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 29/04/2026

📝New blog post: When AI Governs (Dis)Information: Five Lessons for Democracy From the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit, @apb-ldn.org highlights how AI is weakening incentives for reliable information, enabling disinformation, and challenging democratic resilience. css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 28/04/2026

🎙️In an interview with Géopolitis, Névine Schepers provides an overview of global nuclear rearmament trends, focusing on developments tied to the end of New START, nuclear-related conflicts, and shifting security dynamics. Watch the full interview (in French): 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo6...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 27/04/2026

𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀! ✈️ 20 May 2026 ⏲️ 10:30 - 12:00 (CEST) ⚡️ Webinar on Zoom (no account is required). Mandatory registration. The Web Talk is hosted by Jurgena Kamberaj, Senior Researcher at CSS. Register here: 👉 www.bi.id.ethz.ch/KontaktDB-We...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 24/04/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪🌟𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 "𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀" Read the first Policy Brief on China’s Strategic Use of Trade Controls: 👉 css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS... In the video, Gorana Grgić explains the background and purpose of the Policy Briefs. 👇

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 22/04/2026

📝New blog post: Five Takeaways from Strategic Trends 2026 From a shifting "mosaic order" to volatile EU-China ties, hybrid warfare, space militarisation & rising middle powers - what's shaping today's global order? 👉 Read more: css.ethz.ch/en/center/CS...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 21/04/2026

🆕 Journal of Peace Research article by Nina Cadorin highlights a blind spot: coercive recruitment of adults. CROAD covers 390 rebel groups, tracking forced recruitment, conscription & pledges to stop. A new lens on how armed groups sustain themselves. 👉Read more: academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

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Introducing the Coercive Recruitment of Adults Dataset (CROAD), 1990–2021

Abstract. Armed groups rely on recruitment to sustain their organizations, yet most research on forced recruitment focuses on children. Far less attention

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 20/04/2026

«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...

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«Der Ukrainekrieg lässt sich an der Front kaum entscheiden»

Der Ukraine-Krieg wie auch jüngst der Iran-Krieg zeigen die immer wichtiger werdende Rolle von Drohnen in bewaffneten Konflikten.

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 20/04/2026

🚨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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 17/04/2026

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......

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 14/04/2026

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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 13/04/2026

📝 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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 08/04/2026

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...

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Frontiers | Protein design, generative AI and biological security

Artificial intelligence-driven protein design has fundamentally changed what is possible in protein engineering. Deep learning models can now generate entire...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 02/04/2026

📝 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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 01/04/2026

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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 31/03/2026

📄 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...

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.

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 30/03/2026

🚀 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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 26/03/2026

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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 26/03/2026

🔊 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...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 20/03/2026

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.

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 19/03/2026

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/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 19/03/2026

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/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 18/03/2026

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/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 17/03/2026

@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!

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 17/03/2026

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/...

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Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich @css.ethz.ch · 16/03/2026

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...

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