Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002

THOMAS FISCHER is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Studies (CIS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His doctoral thesis is on the Swiss UN and CSCE-policy during the 1970s and 80s. He has published several articles on Swiss foreign policy in the Cold War, with special reference to the topic of good offices. - JURG MARTIN GABRIEL is a Professor of Political Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. At present he is serving as Director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta. Jurg Martin Gabriel has published several books including Worldviews and Theories of International Relations (1994) and The American Conception of Neutrality After 1941 (2002).

• List of Tables Foreword; A.Thalmann Preface; J.M.Gabriel & T.Fischer Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations The Price of Political Uniqueness: Swiss Foreign Policy in a Changing World; J.M.Gabriel Swiss Security Policy: From Autonomy to Co-operation; A.Wenger To Join or Not to Join? Switzerland and the United Nations; D.Möckli From Good Offices to an Active Policy of Peace: Switzerland's Contribution to International Conflict Resolution; T.Fischer The International Committee of the Red Cross and its Development Since 1945; H-P.Gasser Swiss Human Rights Policy: From Reluctance to Normalcy; J.A.Fanzun Swiss Arms Control Policy: From Abstention to Participation; A.E.Heinzer Swiss Foreign Trade Policy; R.Senti

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