Thomas Bernauer, Katja Gentinetta, Joëlle Kuntz (Hg.): A Swiss Foreign Policy for the 21st Century

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About This Book

This book can be considered a new edition of the 1992 Neues Handbuch der schweizerischen Aussenpolitik, which was commissioned by the Swiss Association for Foreign Policy (SGA) and edited by Alois Riklin, Hans Haug, and Raymond Probst. This work in turn was the successor to an earlier handbook, published in 1975 under the patronage of the SGA. The term ‘Handbook’ has been deliberately omitted (the 1992 Handbook was a compendium of data and analyses presented in 57 chapters). Instead, this book presents, in 11 chapters and additional sections, reflections on areas of foreign policy which the editors and the SGA advisory group consider to be especially important. The SGA appointed an advisory group that provided commentary on and suggestions for the chapters; these were taken up as the chapters were conceived and edited. The final responsibility for the content of this work, however, lies with the authors and editors. The authors of the individual chapters are all active scholars of the subject areas about which they have written. Practitioners currently engaged in the field also provided the editors with insights into various topics, referring to concrete examples and current trends. This book is the expression of an open-minded, party-politically independent, and constructive reflection on the most important areas of Swiss foreign policy. It should not be understood as a white paper, a blueprint, or a political manifesto. We hope it will offer a meaningful supplement to a reading of political strategy documents addressing Swiss foreign policy published under the aegis of the Federal Administration and the Federal Council, such as the report of the 2028 Foreign Policy Vision working group, commissioned by Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and published in 2020, and the Foreign Policy Strategy 2020–2023 of the Federal Council. The Swiss Association for Foreign Policy would like to thank the editors Katja Gentinetta, Joëlle Kuntz, and Thomas Bernauer for the judicious conceptualisation and realisation of this publication. The SGA would also like to thank the members of the advisory group it set up under the leadership of Gret Haller, its honorary presi-

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