Abstract
The author presents the origin of the Swiss neutrality, its development throughout the history and the challenges for the neutral state that result from the current geopolitical situation. The beginning of the Swiss neutrality may bee seen already at the creation of the Confederation in 1291. The significant role in the developing of the neutrality played the defeat oft the Swiss troops in the battle of Marignano in 1291. From that time the Swiss Confederation avoid generally to be involved in conflicts outside of its territory. In 1674 Switzerland announced the declaration of neutrality. This declaration of neutrality was internationally accepted at the Congress of Vienna, ratified in the Treaty of Paris on 20 November 1815 and confirmed in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Nowadays in the radically changing geopolitical situation the lively discussion of the rights and obligations of a neutral state takes place which leaves Switzerland with difficult political decisions to make.
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