No. 44: Swiss Foreign Policy

Strategies of a Niche Player

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 44
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2008

Several important shifts in Swiss foreign policy have been observable in recent years. With regard to the EU, the focus is no longer on the issue of accession but on consolidating the bilateral track, which allows for some economic, financial, and foreign policy niche strategies. The relative loss of importance of European policies is accompanied by a stronger appreciation of bilateral relations with extra-European centers of power and of civilian peacebuilding efforts. Maintaining the coherence of foreign policy remains a challenge. There is no domestic consensus on Switzerland's foreign policy role and priorities.

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