The Box was Happy that I was Thinking Outside of It

Download or read book The Box was Happy that I was Thinking Outside of It written by Theodor H. Winkler and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2018 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Theodor H. Winkler was deeply involved in Switzerland's transformation of the Cold War policy of comprehensive defence into a modern security policy designed to foster stability and peace. Intellectual father of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Winkler has helped to create a set of foreign and security policy tools of world renown. He was also instrumental in shaping the vision of the "Maison de la Paix," in the very heart of international Geneva, home to the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, the three Geneva centres and more than a dozen other institutions serving peace and development-a place to meet, to think, and to act unique in the world. In his memoirs, Winkler tells the story how this transformation came about. It is a unique testimony on a crucial period of Swiss foreign and security policy. The book is a must for anyone interested in Swiss policy and international security. (Series: International Relations - Diplomacy - Security / Aussenpolitik - Diplomatie -Sicherheit, Vol. 2) [Subject: Memoir, International Relations, Politics, History, Peace Studies]