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».
