Lecture

Swiss Neutrality: Historical Perspective

Description

This lecture delves into the historical evolution of Swiss neutrality, exploring its complex origins and the critical perspective provided by Swiss historians. The session covers key milestones such as the Vienna Congress in 1815, the establishment of Swiss neutrality in the federal constitution of 1848, and Switzerland's role during the First and Second World Wars. The discussion also includes the controversies surrounding Switzerland's arms exports, its involvement in the Biafra conflict, and the implications of Swiss industrialists' ties to weapons production and art collections. The session concludes with reflections on Switzerland's post-World War II efforts to reinforce political neutrality, promote solidarity, and engage in humanitarian aid and technical assistance on the international stage.

About this result
This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.