A Plus For Peace - Swiss Neutrality and Its Role in the Security Council

Abstract

Switzerland’s neutrality is now more contested than ever. Different discourses about what kind of neutrality might be the right one for Switzerland persist. In my thesis I have made a Critical Discourse Analysis of Swiss Statements on Neutrality during its membership in the Security Council from 2023 to 2024. This allowed me to deepen the understanding of Swiss neutrality in a multilateral context. I was able to show how morality and the differentiation between the law and policy of neutrality have been crucial to the understanding of Swiss neutrality.