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Christoph Schwarz

Senior Research Fellow

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy

Senior Research Fellow

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy

Christoph Schwarz researches Austrian and European foreign and security policy. He examines how neutrality is being contested and redefined through European integration, growing calls for solidarity and shifts in the international system.

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Christoph Schwarz on the Schedule 2026

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Starting times

Noon

Track Forum: Security

Come and meet fellow participants who share an interest for the Security track. Get to know each other at lunch and debate the current programme highlights and main controversies so far. //INFO: Lunch and drinks are at your own expense. Please be on time at 12:15 so you have enough time to order comfortably. Three dishes are to choose from.

Gasthof Berghof , Gasthof Berghof

12:15 - 13:45 Track Forum: Security

SEC

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Morning

Security without Trust: Democracy in Times of Fear

English 60

As security pressures rise, democratic trust is tested. This session examines how crisis-driven governance reshapes institutional legitimacy. It also asks how Europe can maintain both effectiveness and accountability when fear redefines political decision-making, identifying concrete mechanisms to sustain public confidence during geopolitical uncertainty.

Congress Centrum Alpbach , CCA – Heiss-Rogger-Saal

10:30 - 11:30 Security without Trust: Democracy in Times of Fear

DEM

SEC

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Christoph Schwarz

Christoph Schwarz on the Schedule 2026

Wednesday, 02. September

Thursday, 03. September