World

The Russian army, a major beneficiary of the Wagner revolt

By Bernhard Altermatt · 05 September 2024

In June 2023, the troops of the Wagner militia led by Yevgeny Prigozhin went into open rebellion. From this crisis of the security apparatus in the midst of the war with Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces came out the big winners.

Switzerland

Neutral Switzerland's troubles with the war in Ukraine

By Bernhard Altermatt · 01 June 2023

Inherited from the era of great power struggles in the 19th century, neutrality helped Switzerland through the wars of the following century. Since then, however, the country has failed to establish a new doctrinaire basis for its foreign policy.