Technological competition between the US and China is one of the defining features of contemporary geopolitics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the global semiconductor industry, a sector whose ...

2024 was a year in which an already profound geopolitical shift became more marked – with serious implications for global security. We are seeing a trend toward power politics at the expense of ...

“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 growing complexity of border-transcending security issues confronts the international community with a plethora of challenges. Within the topic of “Global Security”, we examine how geopolitical ...

Der technologische Wettbewerb zwischen den USA und China prägt die aktuelle geopolitische Situation massgeblich. Dies wird nirgendwo deutlicher als in der globalen Halbleiterbranche. Sie ist für das ...

Space is increasingly contested and congested. There are over 10,000 active satellites in space. This is a seven-fold increase compared to a decade ago. This rapid growth and the fact that there is no ...

Ebenfalls wurden Chemiewaffen für gezielte Attentate eingesetzt, darunter 2017 für die Ermordung von Kim Jong Nam, dem Bruder des nordkoreanischen Machthabers Kim Jong Un, den 2018 verübten Anschlag ...

Chemical weapons attacks have become a worldwide cause for concern in recent years. A large number of attacks featuring chemical agents, including sarin, sulfur mustard, and chlorine gas, were ...

The Strategic Trends series offers a concise analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a primary focus on international security. The annual volumes provide succinct interpretations of key ...

Eduard Klein () and Heiko Pleines (), both Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen. This issue focuses on secondary and tertiary education in Ukraine. Vasyl Tereshchenko ...

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 ...

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 ...