Ambitious and Apathic, Principled and Pragmatic: Austrian Foreign Policy in the Second Republic

Authors

  • Martin Senn Universität Innsbruck
  • Franz Eder Department of Political Science, University of Innsbruck
  • Markus Kornprobst Vienna School of International Studies, Diplomatische Akademie Wien

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15203/ozp.4063.vol51iss4

Abstract

This article sets the stage for the subsequent contributions to a forum on the Handbook on Austrian Foreign Policy (Handbuch Außenpolitik Österreichs, see Senn et al. 2023). It first introduces the book’s major findings regarding the processes of making and implementing decisions on Austrian foreign policy: the Europeanization of its foreign policy, the multiplication of issue areas and actors, additional demands for coordination, and the fragmentation of strategy-building. The article then addresses the contents of Austria’s foreign policy in the Second Republic and identifies security, prosperity and identity as its fundamental goals as well as neutrality, neighbourhood-policy, cultural diplomacy, foreign trade, and the determination to act as “good power”/“good global citizen“ as bundles of instruments for achieving these goals. Building on these findings, the article outlines avenues for further research and gives an overview of the subsequent contributions to this forum.

Author Biography

  • Martin Senn, Universität Innsbruck
    Assistenzprofessor

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Published

2023-01-05