🌟 Delighted to celebrate our 30th anniversary this year & grateful that Geneva is celebrating alongside us this week! 🎉 Here’s to many more years to come! Thank you to the Ville de Genève, to Fahnenfabrik Bern AG, and to Atelier Coton - your partnership made this possible. 🙏

Privileged to continue to call Geneva my home and thankful to have spent some of the Centre’s 30th anniversary year working with such tremendous colleagues!

🌍 Our GCSP 30th Anniversary Flag will be leaving Geneva soon! 🌟 The flag waved at iconic spots, carrying the spirit of partnership & peace. Before continuing its global journey, the flag stopped for a photo with our Foundation Council members & our main donor from Bern! ✈️

Last week, our Executive Director, Ambassador Thomas Greminger met with Ambassador Bilal Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan Mission Geneva. Amb. Ahmad briefed Amb. Greminger on recent tensions in the region & they discussed Pakistani participation in our executive education offering.

Last week, our Executive Director, Ambassador Thomas Greminger met with Ambassador Peter MacDougall, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada in Geneva 🍁. They discussed current challenges in security policy & how to further strengthen Canadian participation at The GCSP courses.

🌍 The GCSP 30th Anniversary Flag Flies to China with Amb. Thomas Greminger & Dr Jean-Marc Rickli 🌟 📍 Where? Shanghai 🤝 What? 20th Shanghai Forum 🎯 Why? Discuss the EU's AI governance initiatives & emerging technologies in EU-China cooperation #GCSP30Years #FollowTheFlag

Last week, Amb. Thomas Greminger met with Amb. Anupam Ray, Ambassador & Permanent Representative India at Conference on Disarmament, Geneva. Amb. Ray briefed him on 🇮🇳 perspective of developments in the region. Amb. Greminger thanked him for bringing 🇮🇳-GCSP cooperation to a high level whilst in Geneva.

🌟 Exciting news! We are pleased to announce a new speaker will be joining us for this event: Ms Sara Olsvig, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. Together, our speakers will bring their unique insights to this Geneva Security Debate! ICC Canada ICC Alaska

Last week we had the honour of welcoming Lt Gen Thomas Süssli, Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces. He was received by Brig Gen Marcel Amstutz, Senior Defence Advisor, Swiss Armed Forces, at the GCSP. Grateful for this continued partnership. #BuildingPeaceTogether #GCSP30Years

Join our upcoming activities this week! Thawing Ice, Rising Tensions: The Arctic at a Crossroads - A Geneva Security Debate 📅 18 June | 12:30 - 14:00 | Hybrid Register now: bit.ly/43sHWFW

How can we strengthen Geneva & UN peace operations? Annika Hilding Norberg shares her reflections: 🇺🇳 main headquarters have been in NYC, but 🇺🇸 priorities seem to be changing. Could 🇨🇭 consider hosting more strategic meetings in Geneva? Full article: bit.ly/4l9jEqk

Last month, Amb. Thomas Greminger & Col (GS) Gerhard Weber, Senior Defence Advisor, met with Maj Gen Stefan Schulz, Deputy Defence Policy Director at Verteidigungsministerium & GCSP alumnus. They discussed the GCSP's 30-year success story & current developments in the security environment.

Last week, our Executive Director, Amb. Thomas Greminger met with Ms Alison Storsve, Acting Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament. They discussed possible developments in the arms control domain & how track two diplomacy can contribute to it.

Recently, Ambassador Thomas Greminger, and the President of the Institute of Economics and Peace, Dr Steve Killelea, met to discuss trends & developments in global #peace & #security. They also signed an MoU codifying the already extensive cooperation between the GCSP and IEP.

Alexandra Matas carried the GCSP 30th Anniversary flag to Germany! 🌟 📍 Where? Berlin 🤝 With? FES Regional Office for International Cooperation & Peace 🎯 Why? To reconvene & discuss developments in European security & disseminate the Peace Matrix #GCSP30Years #FollowTheFlag

Last week, our Executive Director, Ambassador Thomas Greminger met with Ambassador Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN in Geneva. Amb Thomas Greminger gave Amb Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk - a GCSP alumnus - an update on our activities related to European security.

🌍 Amb Thomas Greminger carried the GCSP 30th Anniversary flag to the US 🌟 📍 Where? Washington, D.C. 🤝 With? Key stakeholders from the US State Department, the National Security Council, think tanks & academia 🎯 Why? To present our activities & explore areas of cooperation

As part of GCSP’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, we are bringing together key collaborators, partners, and distinguished guests to reflect on three decades of impact in global peace & security. 📽️ Watch the interview with Amb. Levitte: tinyurl.com/yeyjumz7 #GCSP30Years

OSZE-Vorsitz 2026: Die Schweiz wird sich auf sehr unterschiedliche Szenarien vorbereiten müssen, schreibt der ehemalige OSCE -Generalsekretär Thomas Greminger swissinfo.ch/ger/aussenpoli…

With the geopolitical situation in Europe changing fast, “Swiss foreign policy must prepare for very different realities” when it takes over as chair of the OSCE in 2026, writes Thomas Greminger. buff.ly/W3hL6po