Switzerland is facing critical foreign policy challenges. Its relationship with the EU is still unsettled, the geopolitical landscape is changing rapidly, and technological innovation brings additional dynamics into play. This book provides a forward-looking guide for all those concerned with Swiss foreign policy issues, and an overview of Swiss foreign policy along its key areas. It deals, for example, with foreign trade, international financial markets, migration, environmental policy, humanitarian cooperation, and peace promotion and security policy. The contributions are written by academics and practicioners. They shed light on the respective global or regional context in which Switzerland’s foreign policy operates, and analyze achievements, challenges, opportunities, and risks as well as potential ways forward. Published on behalf of the Swiss Society for Foreign Policy.
With forewords by Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and National Councilor Christa Markwalder, President of the Swiss Society for Foreign Policy, and contributions by: Thomas Bernauer, Fritz Brugger, Aymo Brunetti, Gilles Carbonnier, Francis Cheneval, Cedric Dupont, Katja Gentinetta, Isabel Gunther, Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Joelle Kuntz, Sandra Lavenex, Philipp Lutz, Matthias Oesch, Pascal Sciarini, Charlotte Sieber-Gasser, Cedric Tille, Andreas Wenger, Achim Wennmann, Sacha Zala.
The German version of «A Swiss Foreign Policy for the 21st Century» is available as «Eine Aussenpolitik für die Schweiz im 21. Jahrhundert».
Tentang Penulis
Thomas Bernauer is Professor of Political Science at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on issues of international environmental policy and political economy. He is a member of the Climate Impacts Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Katja Gentinetta is a political philosopher and analyst. She teaches at the universities of Lucerne and Zurich, hosts the talks of the Swiss Institute of International Studies and is, among other things, member of the executive board of the ICRC. She has published several books on Switzerland, including European politics.
Joëlle Kuntz is one of the leading journalists in French-speaking Switzerland. After a career with various European newspapers, she now writes for Le Temps. She is the author of several books on Switzerland, including Die Schweiz – oder die Kunst der Abhängigkeit (NZZ Libro).