Zurich Team

Roland Popp (Senior Researcher)

Roland Popp is senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH in Zurich. His research focuses on Cold War history, the politics of nuclear proliferation and the international history of the Middle East. His publications include articles in The International History Review, Middle East Journal and Cold War History. He is currently completing a monograph on "An Unconditional Alliance: The United States, Iran, and the Security of the Persian Gulf, 1941-1965."

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Former Academic Staff

Anna Locher, Dr. phil. (Senior Researcher)

Anna Locher is senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH in Zurich. She specializes in transatlantic relations, NATO history, and the history of Finland. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in 2006. She is the author of Crisis? What Crisis? NATO, de Gaulle, and the Future of the Alliance, 1963-1966 (Nomos, 2010). Her publications include contributions to edited volumes and articles in International Journal and Journal of Transatlantic Studies as well as reviews in Cold War History and Journal of Cold War Studies. She is the co-editor of Globalizing de Gaulle: International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958-1969 (Lexington, 2010), Transforming NATO in the Cold War (Routledge, 2007), and Transatlantic Relations at Stake (CSS, 2006).

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Christian Nünlist, Dr. des.

Before joining the "Mittelland Zeitung", a leading daily Swiss newspaper, as foreign desk editor, Christian Nünlist was senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich (1999-2007). His research focused on transatlantic relations, the history of détente, and Swiss foreign policy during the cold war. He is the author of a political biography of McGeorge Bundy in the Kennedy years (CSS, 1999) and of articles in Cold War History, International Journal, and Journal of Transatlantic Studies. He is the co-editor of Transforming NATO in the Cold War (London: Routledge, 2007), Transatlantic Relations at Stake (CSS, 2006), Origins of the European Security System (London: Routledge, 2008), and International Perspectives on de Gaulle's Foreign Policies (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008). He is also completing a monograph on "Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Political Cooperation in NATO: Western Reactions to Khrushchev's Foreign Policy, 1955-1963." In 2006 and 2007, he tought courses on Transatlantic Relations and on International Cold War History at the University of Zurich.

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Former Team Members

Shana Goldberg, MSc (Web Editor)

Shana Goldberg joined the CSS in 2008 as the Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP) website editor. She holds an MSc in political economy from the London School of Economics & Political Science and a BA in history from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Shana takes a particular interest in post Communist transition and issues of identity. She wrote her MSc dissertation on right-wing movements in the former East Germany.

Nicole Morellini , MA

Nicole Morellini joined the CSS in May 2007 as a migration editor and is currently working on the SSN and the PHP project. She holds a master's degree in international relations as well as a bachelor degree in sociology from the University of Sussex, England. Nicole takes a special interest in Swiss foreign and security policy, conflict resolution and development cooperation. She wrote her MA dissertation on post-conflict peacebuilding.

Leo Niedermann, MA

Leo Niedermann studied international relations, economic history, and Polish language and literature science at the University of Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and the University of Warsaw. He wrote his master's thesis on Poland's contemporary foreign and security policy in transatlantic relations. Besides his studies, he worked in various internet service companies, mainly on eGovernment projects. In the ISN, Leo worked for the Crisis and Risk Network (CRN), the Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP), and the Swiss Foreign and Security Policy Network (SSN).