Linda Maduz


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  • Die Urbanisierung der Katastrophenvorsorge
    Item type: Other Publication
    Maduz, Linda; Roth, Florian (2017)
    CSS Analysen zur Sicherheitspolitik
    Der Schutz vor Katastrophenereignissen einschliesslich terroristischer Anschläge ist eine zentrale Aufgabe der Sicherheitspolitik. Wichtiges Instrument ist hierbei der Bevölkerungsschutz, der in den meisten Ländern vor allem in nationalen sowie regionalen Strukturen organisiert ist: Durch die wachsende Bedeutung urbaner Sicherheitsfragen geraten die bestehenden Systeme unter Anpassungsdruck.
  • Lehren aus der Flüchtlingskrise 2015/2016: Ergebnisse des D-A-CH Expertenworkshops
    Item type: Report
    Roth, Florian; Maduz, Linda (2017)
    CSS Risk and Resilience Reports
    Die europäische Flüchtlingskrise 2015/2016 stellte sowohl Aufnahme- als auch Transitstaaten vor zahlreiche Herausforderungen. Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz waren von der Flüchtlingskrise in unterschiedlichem Masse betroffen. Die in die Bewältigung der Krise involvierten Organisationen und Entscheidungsträger waren aber häufig mit ähnlichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Einerseits mussten unter Zeitdruck politisch-strategische Entscheide mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen getroffen werden, andererseits standen auch die staatlichen Strukturen und Prozesse auf operativer Ebene unter grosser Belastung: die Kapazitäten für die Anmeldung, Registrierung und Unterkunft der Flüchtlinge mussten in kürzester Zeit deutlich erhöht bzw. gänzlich neu geschaffen werden. Aufgrund der Grösse der Krise und der unbekannten Elemente, die sie enthielt, gestaltete sich die Planung schwierig. Lösungen wurden häufig ad hoc getroffen. Welche längerfristigen Erkenntnisse lassen sich aus der Krise ziehen? Wie lässt sich das durch die Krisenerfahrung gewonnene Wissen sichern und zur Verbesserung der personellen, institutionellen und materiellen Infrastruktur des Krisenmanagements nutzen? Um diese und weitere Fragen rund um das Thema Flüchtlingskrise zu diskutieren und den Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (D-A-CH) zu fördern, organisierte das Center for Security Studies (CSS) gemeinsam mit dem Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz (BABS) vom 27.-28. Oktober 2016 einen D-A-CH Expertenworkshop in Zürich. Die vielfältigen Beiträge und Diskussionen sind im kürzlich erschienenen Workshop-Bericht dargestellt.1 In Ergänzung hierzu präsentiert das vorliegende Dokument, basierend auf den Workshop-Beiträgen, einige der zentralen Herausforderungen der Flüchtlingskrise in stark verdichteter Form. Zudem werden einige der diskutierten Lösungsansätze umrissen. Im Folgenden werden zunächst die auf politisch-strategischer Ebene relevanten Herausforderungen und Lösungswege skizziert. Anschliessend werden Erkenntnisse, die primär auf operativer Ebene wichtig sind, aufgeführt.
  • Une protection intelligente pour des villes intelligentes
    Item type: Other Publication
    Baezner, Marie; Maduz, Linda; Prior, Tim (2018)
    Politique de sécurité: analyses du CSS
    Les villes intelligentes ont besoin de protection intelligente pour leurs infrastructures critiques. Mais pour cela, il faut avoir confiance en la technologie et en sa capacité à jouer un rôle de plus en plus important dans la sécurisation des infrastructures afin de garantir la fiabilité et la résilience des services critiques. Évoluer vers un avenir qui inclut l’intelligence artificielle et l’Internet des objets est une nécessité et non un choix.
  • South-East Asia: A Hotspot in Great Power Rivalry
    Item type: Other Publication
    Maduz, Linda; Stocker, Simon (2021)
    CSS Analyses in Security Policy
    In South-East Asia, the emerging great power China is challenging the supremacy of the US, which is clinging to its leading role in the region. Although the countries of South-East Asia agree that the great power conflict is harming them as individual countries and as a region, they are, nevertheless, seeking mainly selective, country-specific solutions in response to their shrinking room for maneuver.
  • Preventing and Managing Large-Scale Disasters in Swiss Cities
    Item type: Report
    Prior, Tim; Roth, Florian; Maduz, Linda (2016)
    CSS Risk and Resilience Reports
    This report assessed and analyzed the current state of Switzerland’s disaster management at the city level. More specifically, the study provides an overview of how major Swiss cities prepare and plan for large-scale disasters. The study examined cities’ planning and organization concerning the major risks they identified. A key element of the analysis was an examination of the institutional set-up that cities have put in place in the area of disaster prevention and management The present study was designed as a qualitative case description of Switzerland’s largest urban areas. Seven major Swiss cities and their agglomerations were selected for the study: Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lucerne, and Lugano. The results of the analysis provides a systematic and deeper understanding of the role Swiss cities are playing in modern civil protection: First, conducting systematic risk analyses is a relatively recent development in Swiss cities, and is as such characterized by a marked diversity in approaches. On the political-strategic level, legal mandates, plans and strategies are less established in this area than in the response phase. Also, on the operational level, little standardization exists across cities with regard to how risk identification and analyses are carried out. Second, to fulfill their tasks, civil protection organizations depend on a broad array of partners and resources. Results from this analysis demonstrate that three factors are particularly important in urban disaster management practice: adequate financial support, and other resources; political support (both at the city level, and at higher levels); and a strong partnership with the public. Third, institutional ambiguities impacts on civil protection efficiency. While responsibilities are clear in legal terms, responsibility, competency, and task sharing are in reality rather complicated in Switzerland’s subsidiary system. These challenges are further intensified by accelerated urbanization. A clearer allocation of responsibilities across the different political levels, acknowledging the changing role of cities in civil protection would help cities establish more systematic and steady structures (institutional organization, budget, etc.) for disaster management. This means tailoring initiatives and concepts developed at higher political levels to the operational needs of the city. While in normal times, cooperation between the city and the federal level works well, the decentralized system underlines potential weaknesses in large-scale events.
  • Bulletin 2017 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik
    Item type: Edited Volume
    Nünlist, Christian; Thränert, Oliver; Merz, Fabien; et al. (2017)
    Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik
    Die Ausgabe 2017 des CSS-Jahrbuchs "Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik" enthält Kapitel zu den Beiträgen der Schweizer Muslimgemeinschaft zu PVE (Darius Farman und Fabien Merz), die Ausbreitung von dschihadistischem Salafismus in Libyen, Marokko und Tunesien (Lisa Watanabe), Organisierte Kriminalität in fragilen Kontexten als Herausforderung für die Schweizer Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Benno Zogg) sowie über die Gesundheitsaussenpolitik der Schweiz (Ursula Jasper). Es enthält auch ein Interview mit Guy Parmelin, Bundesrat und Chef des VBS. Des Weiteren werden der erstmals im November 2017 an der ETH Zürich angebotene „Master of Advanced Studies ETH Mediation in Peace Processes“ (Simon Mason und Andreas Wenger) und die städtische Sicherheit in einer sich wandelnden Risikolandschaft (Linda Maduz und Florian Roth) thematisiert.
  • Rethinking the Interplay between Affluence and Vulnerability to Aid Climate Change Adaptive Capacity
    Item type: Journal Article
    Eriksen, Christine; Simon, Gregory L.; Roth, Florian; et al. (2020)
    Climatic Change
    In this paper, CSS’s Christine Eriksen, Florian Roth, Linda Maduz and Tim Prior propose a re-examination of the dynamic relationship between affluence and vulnerability —a complex association defined as the Affluence–Vulnerability Interface (AVI). A more nuanced understanding of the AVI can (1) problematize the notion that increasing material affluence necessarily has a mitigating influence on social vulnerability, (2) extend analysis of social vulnerability beyond low-income regions to include affluent contexts and (3) improve understanding of how psychosocial characteristics influence people’s vulnerability.
  • Individuelle Katastrophenvorsorge
    Item type: Report
    Maduz, Linda; Prior, Tim; Roth, Florian; et al. (2018)
    CSS Risk and Resilience Reports
    Switzerland’s contemporary threat and risk landscape has changed in recent years. Indeed, the risks that now draw the attention of experts and policymakers now include cyber-attacks, pandemics, terrorist attacks and blackouts. But which risks do the Swiss public perceive as the most worrisome? How does risk perception differ between experts and members of the general population? Are risks perceived differently depending on whether they are natural, social or technical in origin? And what are the information needs of the Swiss public with regard to these threats? This CSS Risk and Resilience Report addresses these questions and more.
  • Confidence and Security-building on the Korean Peninsula and the Role of Switzerland
    Item type: Report
    Maduz, Linda (2021)
    CSS Studies
    The Korean conflict is one of the oldest security flashpoints with global implications. Among the directly involved parties, we find the world’s most prosperous economies and largest militaries. North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons adds a global dimension. This study brings attention to some of the under-researched levels of the Korean conflict that are at the same time essential in view of its future resolution. It highlights the sketchy nature of the security architecture on the Korean Peninsula and reflects on how the architecture could develop in the future. More specifically, the study analyzes the inter-Korean dimension of the conflict with a special focus on military confidence-building. While recent efforts in this area are promising, they take place in a situation of growing tensions in the wider Asian region. In 2018 during a period of rapprochement, the two Koreas concluded a military agreement, in which they consented to a variety of military confidence-building measures. Some of the measures were swiftly implemented and helped stabilize the situation at the inter-Korean border. However, the renewed deterioration of inter-Korean relations, starting in 2019, has negatively affected the advances made under the agreement. Still, not all of the advances have been reversed, and some of the political conditions that were favorable to the recent inter-Korean rapprochement remain in place. The study also makes an inquiry into the possibility of a future peace regime on the Korean Peninsula and the related role of third state parties in it. European countries, most of which have held a minor role in Asia’s regional order in the post-World War II era, have started to seek ways of reengaging with the larger region, including with Northeast Asia. The study argues that Switzerland’s decades-long presence on the Korean Peninsula (as a member of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, NNSC) and its extensive, global experience as a neutral mediator in peace processes, puts it in a good position to play a constructive role in this world region whose geopolitical relevance is rapidly growing. NNSC states, including Switzerland, have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of military confidence-building, which they can share in a future peace process. Through their long-term institutional relations to the Korean Peninsula, they are well-positioned to facilitate such a process. The study also suggests that Switzerland has an interest in actively promoting discussions on the future of the NNSC and its own possible role in a future peace management system on the Korean Peninsula.
  • Sicherheitspolitische Trends 2020-2028: Intensivierte Grossmächtekonkurrenz
    Item type: Report
    Haas, Michael; Kamasa, Julian; Larsen, Henrik Boesen Lindbo; et al. (2020)
    CSS Briefing Notes
    Every year, the CSS analyzes developments in world politics and their potential consequences for Switzerland over the next eight years. This year, we focus on the intensifying great power competition between the United States, China and Russia, as well as Artificial Intelligence as a key technology and a strategic resource.
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