2016

Book Publishment: Anno 2015: Sozioökonomie, Postdemokratie und Außenpolitik im Osten Europas

18/01/2017 16:11
    to download the online version please click here   This project is based on the original project which was started in 1992 and which was run predominantly by three institutions: The Austrian Academy of Sciences, the International Institute for Peace amd Labour Market and...

Russia in a New World Order? Lessons from the "Primakov Readings"

14/12/2016 11:23
Russia in a New World Order?   Hannes Swoboda Invited to a conference in Moscow called "Primakov Readings" organized by the Russian Think Tank IMEMO, I had the opprtunity to listen to numerous speakers from Russia but also from countries stretching from Japan, China and India via Europe to...

NATO and Global Challenges: The Limits of Military Interventions

28/08/2016 15:40
Hannes Swoboda   The following text is a background paper for a speech given at a conference in Macedonie on the topic NATO summit in Warsaw: Implications for the Alliance and Western Balkans” Hotel Granit – Ohrid, 26-30 August 2016   The conference in Ohrid organised by the Marshall...

Brexit and the Consequences for Enlargement

03/07/2016 11:58
Hannes Swoboda   The following text is a background paper for a speech given at the 15th International Summer School organized by the Atlantic Council of Croatia and the International Institute for Peace on the Croatian island of Sipan, July 2016. The International Institute for Peace was...

Peace, Stability and Confidence through Economic Connectivity The case of the Western Balkan

18/05/2016 09:49
  (Contribution of Hannes Swoboda to an OSCE conference on "Connectivity for Commerce and Investment" in Berlin on 18th/19th of May)   Connectivity is a very wide term which covers several kinds of - economic - connections. They may be bilateral, concern a region with similar...

Opnening Remarks: The Kurdish Issue(s)

17/05/2016 17:26
The International Institute for Peace (IIP) in cooperation with the Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management of the National Defence Academy Vienna and the Austrian-Orient Society organised a two day conference on the topic “The Kurdish Issue(s)” on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th of May...

COMPREHENSIVE EUROPEAN SECURITY

15/04/2016 10:43
  (speech held at a conference in Pristina : "NATO and South East Europe: Challenges and Perspectives" ) In public discussions the question of national security is very often dealt with in a very unclear way. It is often mixed with the question of internal security and different threats are...

The Middle East: Revitalized Fault Lines and Conflicts

02/02/2016 15:09
    Stability without Democracy   The Mediterranean Sea was over many centuries characterized by movements of people and goods across the national borders of countries and across the sea. Some migratory movements were peaceful and contributed to trade and economic development. But...