Table des matières

Günter Bischof

Preface

Günter Bischof

Introduction

Of Dwarfs and Giants from Cold War Mediator to Bad Boy of Europe – Austria and the U.S. in the Transatlantic Arena (1990-2013)

• Still Mediator? The End of the Cold War, the War, the War against Iraq, and the Breakup of Yugoslavia 1989-1995
• Neutrality or NATOR? Austria’s Accession to the European Union and Role in the Kosovo Conflict 1995-2000
• European Pariah? The Formation of ÖVP - FPÖ Coalition Government in 2000-2001
• A Neutral Stuck in ‘Old Europe’? Terrorism and the Bush Wars (2001-2008)
• Conclusion

Austrian foreign and security policy

Ursula Plassnik

On the Road to a Modern Identity: Austrian Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the European Union

• The Point of Departure
• From the Transitory EEA Experience to EU Accession
• Neighbors Near and Far
• Coming to Terms with the Past and Relations with Israel
• From Hig to College: Austria as Member of the EU
• The Service of the EU Presidency
• Austria — Balkans — Europe
• The Thorny Issue of Security Policy
• A New International Identity?
• How to Become Confident Europeans
• Global Foreign Policy
• Citizens’ Services ans New Partners: The New Foreign Ministry
• New Topics in the Global Village
• Concluding Remark

Emil Brix

Austrian Cultural and Public Diplomacy After the End of the Cold War

• The New Position in Central Europe
• The Institutional Expansion of Austrian Cultural Promotion Abroad
• New Policy Priorities and Strategic Shifts
• European Issues
• A Difficult Return of the Past
• Opening Public Diplomacy ti Global Issues
• Cultural Diplomacy is More than an Image Transmitte
• Perspectives

Erwin A. Schmidl

Austrian Security Policy after the End of the Cold War

• Introduction
• Varying Concepts of Military Defense
• EU Accession. “Neutrality Debate” and Looking Towards NATO
• Continuing the Reforms
• Participation in International Operations
• Ongoing Debates
• A View to the Future

James J. Sheehan

What Does It Mean To Be Neutral?

Postwar Austria from a Comparative Perspective

• Neutrality and the Cold War
• Neutrals and the Problem of International Organizations
• Does Neutrality Have a Future?

Eastern Europe and the Balkans

Arnold Suppan

Austria and Eastern Europe in the Post-Cold War Context

Between the Opening of the Iron Curtain and a New Nation-Building Process in Eastern Europe

• The Dissolution of Yugoslavia
• Multiethnicity and Multiculturalism in Austria
• Austria Under EU “Sanctions”
• On the Way to NATO and EU

Hanspeter Neuhold

The Return of History in the Balkans after the Cold War: International Efforts at Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution

• The United Nations: Collective Security after the Cold War
• NATO: An Alliance Surviving the “Loss” of its Enemy
• The EU: The First Steps in the Areas of Security and Defense Policy
• The OSCE: Variations on the Theme of “Softness”
• Austria: A Permanently Neutral Balkan Activist
• Conclusions

Andreas Resch

Austrian Foreign Trade and Austrian Companies’ Economic Engagement in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since 1989

• Historical preconditions - Austria and CEE since the 19th century
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Trade relations
• Résumé

Foreign policy and memory

Norman M. Naimark

Historical Memory and the Debate about the Vertreibung Museum

• The Issue of Vertreibung (Forced Deportations)
• Planning the Museum
• Conclusions
• Afterword

Nontopical essays

Ferdinand Karlhofer

The Rise and Decline and Rise of Austria’s Radical Right

• Introduction
• Party Formation with Nazi Veterans Taking the Lead
• Vetween Pariah and Hinge Party
• Populist Turn and Comeback of Right-wingers
• Issues, Voters, ans Members
• The Center Parties’ Response to the Populist Challenge
• The FPO in Government and After-Failure without Collapse
• Conclusions and Outlook: No Escape from the Vicious Circle?
• Postscript: The Carinthia debacle, March 2013

Book reviews

Harold James

Dieter Stiefel. Camillo Castiglioni oder Die Metaphysik der Haifiscke

Vienna: Böhlau. 2012

Gerhard L. Weinberg

Brigitte Kepplinger and Irene Leitner (eds.), worker on by Andrea Kammerhofer, Dameron Report: Bercht des War Crimes Investigating Teams No. 6824 der U.S. Army vom 17.7.1945 über die Tötungsanstalt Hartheim

Innsbruck: Stidienverlag, 2012

Berndt Ostendorf

Thomas König. Die Frühgeschichte des Fulbright Program in Österreich: Transatlantische "Fühlungnahme auf dem Gebiet der Erziehung" (Transatlantica 6)

Innsbruck: StudienVerlag. 2012

David Schrift

The Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from Postwar Czechovakia: A Review Essay

Adrian von Arburg, Tomas Stanek, et., Vysídlení Nĕmců a promĕny českého pohraniči 195-1951: dokumenty z českých archive; 1. Češi a Nĕmci do roko 1945: úvod k edici; 2.1. Duben - srpen/září 1945: "Divoky odsuln" a počátky osídlovaní (Středokluky 2010-2011)

Anton Pelinka

Benya und der Austrosozialismus: Erinnerungen und Gedanken. Edited by Heinzl Kienzl. Herbert Starkr

Vienna: Ögb Verlag. 2012

Günter Bischof

Margit Reiter and Helga Embacher. eds., europa und der 11, September 2011

Vienna: Böhlau Verlag 2011

Annual review

Reinhold Gärtner

Annual review

Austria 2012-2013

• Elections in Carinthia, Lower Austria, Tyrol, and Salzburg
• Referendum Compulsory Military Service vs. Professional Army
• Government Reshuffle
• Again: FPO and Antisemitism
• Ernst Strasser and Uwe Scheuch
• Waltz and Haneke
• Economic and Statistical Data

List of authors