Andreas Wenger

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Andreas Wenger (born January 22, 1964 ) is a Swiss political scientist .

Life

Andreas Wenger studied history, political science and German literature at the University of Zurich . He received his PhD in Zurich and was visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and at the Center of International Studies at Princeton University . During this time he wrote his doctoral thesis on the role of nuclear weapons in the international Cold War system. Andreas Wenger was visiting scholar at Princeton University (1992–1994), Yale University (1998), Woodrow Wilson Center (2000) and George Washington University (2005). He is Professor of International and Swiss Security Policy at ETH Zurich and has been Director of the Center for Security Studies (CSS) since 2002.

His research interests are security and strategy studies as well as the history of international relations.

Fonts (selection)

  • Continuity and Change in American Nuclear Strategy. President Eisenhower's massive retaliation strategy and the Kennedy Administration's nuclear re-evaluation . Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-905641-10-0 .
  • with Jeronim Perović : Swiss involvement in the former Yugoslavia. About the limits and possibilities of foreign policy in a small, neutral state . Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-905641-43-7 .
  • with Kurt R. Spillmann and Christoph Breitenmoser: Swiss security policy since 1945. Between autonomy and cooperation . Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85823-909-7 .
  • with Doron Zimmermann: International relations. From the Cold War to the globalized world . Boulder 2003, ISBN 1-58826-074-7 .

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