"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 ...

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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 ...

Spillmann wurde 1937 in Zürich geboren, studierte Geschichte in Zürich, Rom und New Haven und habilitierte 1978 mit der Studie «Amerikas Ideologie des Friedens». Als Titularprofessor für neuere ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The civilian use of space has always gone hand in hand with its military use. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 and the US’s deployment of Explorer 1 in 1958 kicked ...