Technologie zur Beobachtung und Verifizierung von Waffenstillständen: Erkenntnisse aus der Ukraine März 2014 – Februar 2022

Author(s): Alexander Hug, Simon J. A. Mason
Editor(s): Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Oliver Thränert
Series Editor(s): Andreas Wenger
Series: Bulletin on Swiss Security Policy
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022
Publication Place: Zurich

In this part of the Bulletin 2022, Alexander Hug and Simon J. A. Mason consider the role of technology in monitoring ceasefires. The findings of the chapter are based on the experiences of the OSCE observer mission in Ukraine, which began in 2014 and ended after the Russian attack on Ukraine in April 2022. The mission used technologies such as drones, satellite imagery and sensors, increasing and complementing the range and efficiency of human observers. Technology has thus contributed to the observation and verification of a ceasefire in Europe's most acute conflict. According to the authors, however, it must not be used in isolation, it involves risks and its embedding requires suitable structures and resources. Hug and Mason therefore discuss the consequences for actors such as Switzerland or other OSCE states in terms of experts, equipment and structures of the missions.

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