This CSS Cyberdefense report by Eugenio Benincasa examines how a core group of red hackers from the 1990s and 2000s laid the groundwork for China’s modern cyber capabilities and traces their ...

In the CSS Annual Report 2024, you can read more about the main focuses and activities of CSS in a year in which an already profound geopolitical shift became more marked – with serious implications ...

China’s growing capabilities in science and technology have raised concerns about global power balances. In his CSS Analysis, Leo Eigner describes how, as geopolitical tensions increase, China is ...

What comes after Assad – and under what conditions can Syria transition towards the rule of law and economic recovery? In his latest CSS Analysis, CSS Senior Researcher Emanuel Schäublin examines the ...

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Fabio Schmocker is a research and teaching assistant to Prof. Andreas Wenger at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. Before that, he completed his Master's degree in Comparative and ...

Anja Eugster is a member of the communications team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. She is currently studying communication sciences and media research at the University of ...

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 ...

The Nord Stream pipeline, which is going to reach full capacity this year, is a crucial tool for Russia's long-term influence in the EU gas market. In times of high uncertainty over future gas demand ...

The approximately 50 participants of the ETH Workshop on “Resilience in Crisis Situations” all agreed that the proliferation of the resilience concept had improved awareness of how crises and ...

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 ...

Türkiye’s geography and history, constructed as exceptional through decades of political discourse, enables Ankara to forge a distinctive state identity and position itself as an “in-between”. While ...