No. 35: Switzerland's Controversial Middle East Policy

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 35
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2008

Switzerland pursues an ambitious Middle East policy that differs from US and EU policies in major ways. This has given rise to controversies lately. There are good reasons for the Swiss to pursue a conflict resolution strategy based on mediation and dialog with Iran and militant Islamist organizations. However, the Swiss niche strategy is characterized by some tensions and lack of coherence. The question is to what extent Switzerland, as a Western state, can and should be building bridges between the Muslim world and the West.

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