Max Smeets is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich and Co-Director of Virtual Routes. He is the author of ‘Ransom War: How Cyber Crime became a Threat to National ...

Military small drones have become a central element of modern warfare. A new study by the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich examines how public and private actors in Switzerland can work ...

Dr. Corinne Bara is a Senior Researcher in conflict studies at the Center for Security Studies (CSS). She uses computational methods to study various aspects of armed conflict and political violence.

The series CSS Policy Briefs provides concise, policy-orientated output with the aim to set agendas, explain policy-relevant issues, and identify policy options. CSS Policy Briefs are published each ...

This external page project combines deep learning with open-source satellite imagery to support the ICRC in addressing violence in armed conflicts. Satellite images offer a non-intrusive form of ...

Any analyst writing about Donald Trump’s presidency faces a choice: treat his actions as personal idiosyncrasies or place them in a broader theoretical frame. This analysis considers both. The past ...

Gorana Grgić and Daniel Möckli place this year’s edition of Strategic Trends in the context of profound changes in the international order, characterized by shifting power balances, increasing rivalry ...

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 ...

Reports and information disclosures by threat intelligence providers, government agencies, think tanks, and online hacktivists have exposed China’s elaborate multifaceted “hack-for-hire” ecosystem ...

In aktuellen Konflikten sind Kleindrohnen omnipräsent. Auch die Schweizer Armee priorisiert aufgrund der verschlechterten Sicherheitslage den Ausbau militärischer Drohnen- und Drohnenabwehrfähigkeiten ...

The Center for Security Studies’ annual flagship publication, Strategic Trends, identifies key developments shaping international politics and global order. Today’s geopolitical landscape is marked by ...

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