Swiss Confederation President Viola Amherd at the Ukraine peace summit near Lucerne, June 16, 2024. URS FLUEELER / AFP
On paper, nothing has changed. Switzerland has remained neutral, despite the security upheaval across the European continent stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While two formerly neutral European states, Finland and Sweden, recently became part of NATO, Bern has adhered to a rigorous interpretation of its special status. Over the past two years, for…