GCSP & Swiss Security Policy: Building Expertise, Confidence and Communities

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

"GCSP & Swiss Security Policy: Building Expertise, Confidence and Communities" is episode 15 in the 2021 GCSP Podcast Series. Col Christian Bühlmann interviews Ambassador Teddy Winkler. To mark the 35th anniversary of the GCSPs flagship course – founded as SIPOLEX, later the International Training Course in Security Policy (ITC), and now the Leadership in International Security Course (LISC) - we spoke with Ambassador Theodore Winkler, the GCSP’s first Director, whose role was crucial in founding the course. Ambassador Winkler shared his insights on the origins of the course, in the wake of the 1985 Geneva Summit, its role in contributing to Swiss Foreign policy, as well as expectations for the upcoming summit between Presidents Biden and Putin.