Swiss neutrality
Bern's diplomatic abstention
Swiss neutrality is Switzerland's longstanding policy of not taking sides in wars or military alliances between other nations.
Dating to 1815 and recognized in international law, it has made Switzerland a traditional venue for diplomacy and humanitarian organizations.
The phrase sometimes appears skeptically, implying convenient fence-sitting rather than principled nonalignment: Their Swiss neutrality on the controversy fooled no one.
- Hague ConventionsInternational laws of warfare
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- SwitzerlandAlpine republic, perpetually neutral
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- GenevaSwiss seat of diplomacy
Treaty of Paris · non-alignment · armed · armed to the teeth · Geneva Conventions · Congress of Vienna · peace talks · buffer state · no man's land · multilingualism · World War I · League of Nations · Napoleonic Wars · Bern · wartime · chocolate · treaties · haven
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
- Neutralityneutral state, neutral stance, neutralism, impartiality, non-alignment
- Swiss DiplomacyGeneva, Bern, foreign ministry, diplomatic corps, ambassadors
- Neutral NationsSwitzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Ireland
- Swiss Confederacyconfederation, federal structure, Bern, Zurich, Basel
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
Swiss neutralitymilitary alliance
Mutual defense agreement between nations
mutual defense pact · collective security · military bloc · strategic partnership
Swiss neutralitygunboat diplomacy
Persuasion through naval presence
preemptive war · nation-building · British imperialism · regime change · Bush Doctrine