Christoph Schwarz, MSSc
AIES Research Fellow
Christoph Schwarz has been with the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy since January 2020, focusing his research on topics of European integration in the field of security and defense policy as well as Europe's alignment amidst rising US-Chinese tensions. He is also deeply immersed in the phenomenon of an increasing militarization of space and its renewed role as an arena for great power politics.
Christoph Schwarz completed the bachelor's degree "Global Sales and Marketing" with a focus on cross-cultural management at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and spent a semester abroad at the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. In addition, he took part in various internships at home and abroad.
After completing his bachelor's degree, Christoph Schwarz changed his academic focus to his real passion, the International Relations, and completed his master's degree in "International and European Relations" at the Linköping University in Sweden. During his postgraduate studies, he worked for 6 months as an intern and a further 6 months as a freelance employee in the public affairs agency GPLUS in Berlin. He wrote his master's thesis on the topic of Europeanization of the Austrian security and defense policy within the framework of the CSDP, as well as its effects on the role of neutrality.
Events
Visit by the Bangladesh Armed Forces
Exchange with the Bangladesh Defence Services Command and Staff College
19.09.2023
Presentation of study findings: Austria's neutrality
Presentation of the main findings of the expert-study on Austrian neutrality
06.09.2023
AIES at the European Forum Alpbach
Presentation of the study on neutrality and moderation of a thematic walk
02.09.2023
Salon Shabka
European Security and Defence: A story of progressing integration and the Space Race 2.0
10.11.2020
Publications
Österreichs Neutralität - Rolle und Optionen in einer sich verändernden Weltordnung (Executive Summary)
Christoph Schwarz, Adam Urosevic: Österreichs Neutralität – Rolle und Optionen in einer sich verändernden Weltordnung, AIES Studie, September 2023 - Executive Summary
08.09.2023
Austria's Neutrality - Role and Options in an Evolving World Order (Executive Summary)
Christoph Schwarz, Adam Urosevic: Austria's Neutrality - Role and Options in an Evolving World Order, AIES Study, September 2023 - Executive Summary
08.09.2023
Österreichs Neutralität - Rolle und Optionen in einer sich verändernden Weltordnung
Christoph Schwarz, Adam Urosevic: Österreichs Neutralität - Rolle und Optionen in einer sich verändernden Weltordnung, AIES Studie, September 2023
08.09.2023
European Security Put to the Test
Prof. Dr. Klemens H. Fischer (Hrsg.): European Security Put to the Test, Volume II: Geopolitics in Times of Permanent Crisis, Nomos 2022, 301 S., ISBN 978-3-7560-0345-7.
15.02.2023
Der Strategische Kompass der EU
Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Sofia M. Satanakis und Christoph Schwarz: Europas Sternstunde einer geostrategischen Neuausrichtung, in: Der Strategische Kompass der Europäischen Union – Ziele, Perspektiven und Chancen für Österreich, Wien 2021.
15.11.2021
EU-Trends in 2021
Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Livia Benko, Katrin Süss, Sofia Maria Satanakis, Christoph Schwarz: EU-Trends in 2021, AIES Fokus 1/2021
18.01.2021
Space Race 2.0
Christoph Schwarz, Sofia-Maria Satanakis: Space Race 2.0 – Renewed Great Power Competition in the Earth's Orbit, AIES Fokus 6/2020
02.06.2020
Activities
Austria commits to neutrality, even as Russia destroys Ukraine
Statements by Christoph Schwarz / Al Jazeera
15.08.2022