Cluster: Geopolitics

Inside Geneva: What kind of year will it be for the UN?

This content was published on Jan 12, 2020 From US tensions with Iran to wildfires in Australia, 2020 has gotten off to a challenging start for the world. How will the UN cope this year?

Foreign Affairs

Haiti ten years on: the lasting benefits of Swiss donations and aid

This content was published on Jan 12, 2020 On January 12, 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti. Swiss aid work included providing water and rebuilding homes.

Nicolas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

International Geneva

Myanmar: the UN body is building up, and watching

This content was published on Jan 11, 2020 Nicholas Koumjian, head of the Geneva-based Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, explains the status of the new evidence-gathering body.

Opinion

International Geneva

How should we regulate the magic of technology in the 2020s?

This content was published on Jan 10, 2020 Digital technologies offer huge potential, yet serious questions must be resolved over digital governance, especially for AI, writes Jovan Kurbalija.

Foreign Affairs

Who is Trump’s Swiss postman in Tehran?

This content was published on Jan 10, 2020 With the US and Iran this week on the verge of war, they exchanged messages via the Swiss embassy in Tehran, headed by Ambassador Markus Leitner.

International Geneva

The Iranian paradox: a regional powerhouse but weak at home

This content was published on Jan 9, 2020 Analysis: the US killing of a top Iranian commander has not diminished Iran’s regional power, but internally the regime faces an impasse.

Foreign Affairs

Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 9, 2020 US President Donald Trump plans to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos this month.

Iranian technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor s secondary circuit.

International Geneva

Is Iran’s nuclear deal dead?

This content was published on Jan 8, 2020 Arms proliferation expert Marc Finaud says Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers remains intact despite rising tensions between Iran and the US.

Read more: Is Iran’s nuclear deal dead?

Migrants on an overcrowded wooden boat wait to be rescued in the Mediterranean Sea

Foreign Affairs

Swiss campaigners urge action over Mediterranean deaths

This content was published on Jan 7, 2020 Swiss campaign groups have handed a petition calling for urgent measures “to stop refugee deaths in the Mediterranean Sea”.

Foreign Affairs

How ‘messenger’ Switzerland deals with the US and Iran

This content was published on Jan 7, 2020 As tensions rise between the United States and Iran, Switzerland’s role as intermediary between the two countries has returned to the spotlight. But why is neutral Switzerland getting involved?

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