Heinz Gärtner
Prof. Dr. Heinz Gärtner (1951) teaches at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. He was academic director of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs. He has held various Fulbright Fellowships and the Austrian Chair at Stanford University. He was Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. Among other things, he chairs the advisory board of the International Institute for Peace in Vienna and of the Commission Strategy and Security of the Austrian Armed Forces. He published widely on issues of international security, transatlantic relations, arms control, and the Middle East. Heinz Gärtner received the Bruno Kreisky (legendary former Austrian Chancellor) Award for most outstanding Political Books. He has been awarded the Decoration of Merit of the Austrian Armed Forces.
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The EU and Iran: The EU must think of a bigger solution
Iran believed it had to retaliate against the killings of leaders of Iran’s allies Hamas and Hezbollah on Iranian territory and in Lebanon in order not to lose its credibility. It sent 180 missiles into Israel. This cycle of violence will not end if it is not interrupted by a political and creative solution. Where […]
A Palestinian State and Cease-Fire will reduce Tensions
The passage discusses the recent conflict between HAMAS and Israel, highlighting the complexities and tensions in the Middle East. The attack by Hamas The terror-attack by HAMAS from the Gaza strip on Israel, leaving 1200 civilians and military personnel dead, has made many conflict lines in the Middle East visible that have been covered up […]
Little known about US military interventions
Monica Duffy Toft/Sidita Kushi: Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, 2022) Norman Solomon: War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine (The New Press, 2023) Neta C. Crawford: The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions […]
World policeman USA?
The USA is a superpower and superpowers primarily pursue their own interests by securing and/or expanding their power. This also happens to avoid that challengers do not emerge to dispute their power. The means are diplomacy, armaments and military interventions. The USA promises its friendly states protection from these global and regional competitors, who are […]