Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002 [Hardcover]

Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002 presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of eight essays, addressing the post-war foreign policy of Switzerland. The essays deal with a diverse range of issues: general foreign policy and neutrality; defense and security policy; relations with the United Nations; the Swiss policy of good offices; relations with the International Committee of the Red Cross; Swiss human rights policy; arms control and non-proliferation and foreign economic policy. Through these essays, the dualistic nature of Swiss foreign policy, being at once both strongly internationalist and strongly unilateralist, is examined.List of Tables Foreword; A.Thalmann Preface; J.M.Gabriel & T.Fischer Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations The Price of Political Uniqueness: Swiss Foreign Policy in a Changing World; J.M.Gabriel Swiss Security Policy: From Autonomy to Co-operation; A.Wenger To Join or Not to Join? Switzerland and the United Nations; D.M?ckli From Good Offices to an Active Policy of Peace: Switzerland's Contribution to International Conflict Resolution; T.Fischer The International Committee of the Red Cross and its Development Since 1945; H-P.Gasser Swiss Human Rights Policy: From Reluctance to Normalcy; J.A.Fanzun Swiss Arms Control Policy: From Abstention to Participation; A.E.Heinzer Swiss Foreign Trade Policy; R.Senti

'...carefully researched, thought-provoking and thoroughly readable.' - Victor Mauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

JON A. FANZUN Research Assistant at the Center for International Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ZurichHANS-PETER GASSER Former Delegate and Former Legal Advisor with the International Committee of the Red CrossANDREA E. HEINZER Works for the Export Control Policy and Sanctions Division of the Swiss Ministry of EconomicsDANIEL M?CKLI Research Assistant at Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ZurichRICHARD SENTI PrlƒC