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Held on 18-19 October at Villa Moynier in Geneva, the OSCE Focus 2019 conference was dedicated to the theme ‘Building a Vision of the Future’. This report summarizes key reflections made and considerations put forward during the conference.

In this CSS Policy Perspective, Henrik Larsen argues that the West should draw inspiration from containment’s intellectual origins and primarily approach Russia as a political-psychological threat. 

This report presents insights and analyses on peace processes that involve multiple societal levels or “tracks” ranging from high-level diplomatic negotiations to community-based peacebuilding. It presents the insights from a retreat with practitioners involved in dialogue, negotiation or mediation initiatives in Colombia, Myanmar, Syria, Ukraine and Zimbabwe, as well as representatives from the Folke Bernadotte Academy, swisspeace, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the CSS.

In the coming years, the CSS will focus its activities on seven core themes. These include Cyber Security Politics, Artificial Intelligence, the “Belt and Road Initiative”, Euro-Atlantic Security, Mediation and Peace Promotion, Military Doctrine and Arms Procurement, and Socio-technical Resilience and Disaster Preparedness.