Cluster: Geopolitics

Coronavirus called a ‘decisive test’ for the UN system

UN World Health Organization (WHO) briefing

This content was published on Apr 20, 2020 The pandemic is testing the limits of the United Nations system, say Geneva and New York-based experts.

Opinion

International Geneva

Beyond Multilateralism: The Pauli Principle

This content was published on Apr 20, 2020 There is a lot of talk about the threat to multilateralism, but do we really understand what multilateralism means?

Foreign Affairs

Swiss role in eastern Ukraine prisoner swap

This content was published on Apr 18, 2020 Switzerland has welcomed a prisoner exchange this week in eastern Ukraine, saying Swiss OSCE diplomats were instrumental in the deal.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss media slam Trump’s WHO funding freeze

This content was published on Apr 16, 2020 Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to the WHO is “an own goal in a class of its own” and “a distraction from his own failings”, say Swiss papers.

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Foreign Affairs

Beijing’s long arm reaches into small Swiss villages

This content was published on Apr 16, 2020 Coronavirus is not the only lever Beijing is pulling in its efforts to influence - and manipulate - Switzerland.

International Geneva

Funding the World Health Organization: where the US money goes

This content was published on Apr 15, 2020 The United States has temporarily suspended its funding to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO). How was the money spent?

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Foreign Affairs

Pandemic takes a heavy toll on consumer confidence

This content was published on Apr 15, 2020 Switzerland’s consumer confidence index plummeted to a “historically low” level in April.

Opinion

International Geneva

Donald Trump and the WHO: predictable but precarious

This content was published on Apr 15, 2020 Is the US president's suspension of funding for the World Health Organization surprising? Not at all. But that doesn’t make it easy to swallow.

Foreign Affairs

Coronavirus: good French-Swiss relations mobilise to save lives

This content was published on Apr 12, 2020 Cross-border solidarity is proving particularly valuable in the era of the pandemic: about 50 French patients are now being treated in Switzerland.

Ein Mann mit einer Gesichtsmaske, im Hintergrund eine Schweizer Fahne.

Foreign Affairs

How coronavirus has changed life at Swiss embassies

This content was published on Apr 11, 2020 How has coronavirus been affecting diplomacy? We asked Swiss ambassadors around the world.

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