20 September 2022
The digital transformation has changed the requirements for diplomats. Increasingly, people with an understanding of new technologies are being sought as bridge builders to big tech companies.

Report in the ZHAW Magazine Impact (German)

"Tech Ambassadors" as a new working reality in diplomacy (German)

06 July 2022
In Switzerland, the form and departmental affiliation of the new Federal Cybersecurity Office is being debated. Nicolas Zahn and Dominique Ursprung argue in a new article for Stratos - the magazine of the Swiss Armed Forces - that this is a shadow battle: What matters is not the form but the implementation capacity.

Article as a PDF (PDF 516 kB)
Stratos Magazine (online, German)

21 June 2022
Does de-escalation always result in peace? Are we setting the right priorities in terms of ecology and economics? What can we do to tackle individual crises? Lecturer Khaldoun Dia-Eddine and two further ZHAW experts discuss ecological, economic, social and personal crises.

Article in the ZHAW Impact

21 June 2022
The management struggles for the survival of the company: pure hectic, almost day and night. It is only a crisis simulation. But the final seminar in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) challenges the participants to their limits.

Article in the ZHAW Magazine Impact (German)

10 June 2022
The think tank “Arab Thought Forum” (ATF) in Amman, Jordan, organized a round table discussion on the theme of “Cybersecurity in Smart Cities” on 11 May 2022. Khaldoun Dia-Eddine, lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences participated at the round table.

28 October 2021
With applications for membership from China, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) could soon represent one-third of global GDP. What does this dynamic expansion mean for absentee states like the United States and Switzerland? A contribution from Dominique Ursprung.

Geo-Economic Showdown Over the World’s Largest Free Trade Zone
Article in «Die Volkswirtschaft»

08 September 2021
Christopher A. Hartwell and Dominique Ursprung explain in the NZZ why US President Joe Biden's foreign policy failures have made the world a more dangerous place: Not only in Afghanistan, but also in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, the ongoing loss of importance of the United States is visible. This will not remain without consequences.

Article in the NZZ (PDF 1.40 MB) (German)
Article in the NZZ (online, Pay-Wall, German)

16 February 2021
The notification by the United Kingdom to begin the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) accession process could make this transpacific trade initiative into a global framework. Switzerland could benefit from the groundwork done by the British, but the Swiss Federal Council has to act now, before the United States puts this issue back on the agenda. Background analysis by Dominique Ursprung in NZZ.

Article in the NZZ (PDF 1.92 MB) (German)
Article in the NZZ (online, Pay-Wall, German)

01 December 2020
A portrait of Christina Gräni, responsible for PR at Powercoders and Alumna of CAS Foreign Affairs and Applied Diplomacy.

Report in the ZHAW Impact (PDF 91 kB) (German)

27 November 2020
H.E. Petros Mavromichalis, Ambassador of the European Union to Switzerland talked at the International Business Podium to students and faculty of SML about Swiss-EU relations and current developments in Brussels.

“I Want Swiss-EU Relations to Thrive”
ZHAW International Business Podium

05 November 2020
A portrait in the Handelszeitung of ZHAW lecturer Dominique Ursprung and his journey to the ZHAW School of Management and Law via Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul.

Article in the Handelszeitung (PDF 259 kB) (German)

29 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major challenge for many states around the world. The ZHAW International Management Institute and its unit for Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy have invited experts to discuss how the European Union is responding to this crisis.

ZHAW International Business Podium

27 April 2020
A survey of over 200 Swiss companies conducted by the ZHAW shows: Most of them assume that the worst is yet to come. According to the ZHAW Manager Barometer study, it is primarily economically strong companies that benefit from the corona aid provided by the federal government.

ZHAW Manager Barometer Study (German)
ZHAW Managers Survey - COVID-19

18 March 2020
ZHAW lecturers Mirjam Eser Davolio (School of Social Work) und Khaldoun Dia-Eddine (School of Management and Law) both act as intermediaries between cultures. They talk about far-right and jihadist terror as well as how to prevent of radicalization and dealing with returnees.

Article in the ZHAW Impact (German)

19 Februar 2020
At the invitation of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, several heads of state and government met at the 2019 KL Summit last December. Khaldoun Dia-Eddine, a senior lecturer at ZHAW, was invited to present his research on the digital revolution and Muslim countries.

ZHAW Senior Lecturer at the 2019 Kuala Lumpur Summit

20 November 2019
Khaldoun Dia-Eddine recently accompanied a group of IEMBA students on a study trip to Jordan. We asked him a few questions.

Read more in the interview

30 September 2019
Highlevel representatives of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia participated in the first ZHAW International Business Podium event in Winterthur.

What is the Role of the Visegrád Four in Europe?

6 September 2019
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis wants the work of his diplomats to be better anchored and understood by the people. On 3 September, the extensive tour of the Suisse led 10 FDFA employees for a day to their home canton of Zurich, or more precisely to Winterthur. 

Foreign Policy Discussions in the Volkart Building (German)

3 September 2019
For Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis it is essential to anchor Swiss foreign policy more firmly in domestic policy. A Tour de Suisse under the motto "Meet the Ambassadors" is now to stimulate exchanges between Swiss diplomats and the population in their respective home cantons.

Swiss diplomats visit Winterthur (German)

28 June 2019
Current U.S. trade policy can be potentially positive for the U.S. economy - but only under certain conditions.With his study «Who is Paying for the Trade War with China?» senior researcher Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek has attracted the attention of no less than the President of the United States of America.

Donald Trump Quotes Study by ZHAW SML Faculty Member (German)

28 Mai 2019
In spring 2019, the fourth CAS Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy took place for two months. Participants from various industries and disciplines used the opportunity to deal with the functioning of international relations.

Learning to understand the mechanisms of diplomacy (German)

25 January 2019
The ZHAW welcomed a delegation headed by the Nepalese Foreign Minister, Pradeep Kumar GYAWALI, to Winterthur.

In addition to the visit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, various aspects of the role of civil society for an independent foreign policy as well as possible fields of cooperation were discussed in an open exchange.

Report in the SML Blog (German)

14 November 2018
How might the division of responsibilities within the United Kingdom look after withdrawal from the EU? And how can Scotland bring its interests to bear on UK foreign policy? A new study by the ZHAW School of Management and Law demonstrates the Swiss approach and has met with great interest in Edinburgh.

Report in the SML Blog (German)

6 November 2018
Graduates of the CAS Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy met for lunch with Swiss Councillor of States Damian Müller to discuss the contentious issue of Swiss foreign policy.

Foreign Policy in the Council of States (German)

30 September 2018
Almost all new CEOs of Swiss corporations are the first to cut jobs. It's about money, power and psychology, economists say. Dr. Florian Keller on the subject of new bosses and job cuts.

Article at blick.ch

16 March 2018
Prof. Kurt Spillmann, a renowned expert on international relations, addressed the third intake of students CAS Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy.

He succeeded in an impressive way in explaining and classifying current phenomena, such as the old-new American diplomacy approach and ongoing tensions between Europe and Russia.

Applied Diplomacy in Bern, Brussels, and Geneva (German)

18 July 2016
How do you explain the ban on concealment to Arab guests?

Since 1 July 2016, a ban on concealment has been in force in Ticino. During a seminar, the Lugano police corps learned how to enforce the law without offending Arab guests.

Seminar for Lugano Police Corps (German)

1 February 2016
With the lifting of some layers of sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016, investors all over the world are standing in line to profit from the opening of the biggest market since the fall of the USSR.
But how does one get to the right contacts, information, and business opportunities?

Iran: Useful Insights into an Opening Market