ABSTRACT The deterioration of Switzerland’s historic role as a neutral mediator in international conflicts has become an acute diplomatic controversy, crystallized in the September 2025 confrontation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week in New York. The Russian … Leggi tutto Switzerland’s Declining Neutrality in Global Diplomacy: The Lavrov–Cassis Confrontation at the UN General Assembly and Its Geopolitical Reverberations