Neutrality Studies

Neutrality and Nonalignment in International Relations

We Support Switzerland’s Neutrality Initiative

Neutrality Studies is an international academic research project, for the study of neutrality as a concept in international relations, sociology, international law, diplomacy, political science, security, and history.

The research group organizes conferences, workshops, and publications for a scholarly understanding of neutrality.

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Morals and Foreign Policy

Morality and international politics do not mix easily. For good reason. War is the distinguishing trait of relations among states….

Death Spiral

By Dr. Michael Brenner The multilayered tragedy unfolding in Israel/Palestine has us all transfixed. But not inert. Our emotions and…

Defeat

By Dr. Michael Brenner Introduction The United States is being defeated in Ukraine. One could say that it is facing…

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Early Austrian Neutrality

From the Hungarian Crisis to the Rapacki Plan and Raab’s Proposal for the Solution of the German Question 1956-1958 https://youtu.be/vFwN6O934vs…

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Original German-Language Video here: https://youtu.be/t-ATew00vPU?si=mrxQN_R0C0lfNAaH Republished from the "Nachdenkseiten", one of Germany's last really independent and peace-oriented news portals. Support their work here: https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?page_id=7726 Sevim Dagdelen is a member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) and member of Sarah Wagenknecht's new party (BSW). In her newest work, Sevim Dagdalen explains why NATO is not only in an existential crisis, but is about to drag Europe and maybe even the entire world into a catastrophic war if its members to not change course.
NATO Endangers Security Of The Whole World | German Parliamentarian Sevim Dagdelen
Just when you thought that repressions, cancel culture, and defamations can't get much worse in Europe, there comes along Germany and shatters even the remaining bit of norms left about the "liberal democracy". On the weekend of April 14, activists and scholars had planned to hold a congress in Berlin to discuss the plight of the Palestinians, but the event was dissolved by special police forces within only 2 hours, some of its speakers were arrested and others were barred from entering Germany, including Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister and current greek politician. Here is the full story with Dieter Reinich, interviewed by Fritz Edlinger (our colleague and friend in Vienna).
Inside The Raid Of The Palestine Congress In Berlin | F. Edlinger Interviews D. Reinisch
The EU to this day treats Africa as a colonial backyard that must be 'managed' rather than engaged with on equal footing. At the same time, Josep Borrell begs China to recognise the EU as a fellow great power—something no self-respecting power would ever even dream of. All of this is symptomatic not only for the EU commissions current mental state, but the history of the Union, a history it often downplays or forgets about all together. My guest today is a Swedish academic; Professor Peo Hansen of Linköping University. His research focuses among other things on European integration, migration, political economy, and geopolitics. Dr. Hansen is the author of several books, including “Eurafrica: The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism” of which there is also an academic article and recently he wrote a short magazine article as well. The book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eurafrica-9781780930008/ The academic article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/historypresent.7.1.0001 The short article: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2023/10/31/the-colonial-origins-of-european-integration/
Crazy or Laughable? Why The EU (Still) Thinks It Rules The World | Professor Peo Hansen
We just witnessed one of the biggest changes in middle eastern (or west asian) geopolitics in decades. Iran's highly targeted attack on Israel and the signalling towards the other Arab states, combined with its incredible diplomacy, allowed Tehran to brake free from US strangle-hold. This talk was recorded only hours before Israel's (limited) counter attack on Iran, in the morning hours of April 19. So far, it seems Ambassador freeman correctly predicted that Israel has to change its strategic calculations. Ambassador Chas Freeman was US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1990-92 and then became Assistant Secretary of Defense from 93-94. Ambassador Freeman's homepage: https://chasfreeman.net
Iran Just Destroyed US Power in the Middle East | Ambassador Chas Freeman
Translation: Anyone who followed the events around the disbandment of the Palestine Congress on April 12th in Berlin, ending with speakers, including former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, being issued entry and activity bans, knows that the rule of law in Germany is not in good shape. But repression and propaganda in Europe go much further, driving the continent into open conflict with Russia. What to do? Resistance. That's the answer someone gives who knows what he's talking about. Austrian activist, publisher, and thinker Fritz Edlinger. For 40 years, Fritz and his editorial team have been publishing the magazine "International: Die Zeitschrift für internationale Politik" (International: The Magazine for International Politics), one of the best and most informative quarterly magazines in the German-speaking world in this field, with excellent analyses of current events written by academics, diplomats, and other experts in international relations. By the way, International also has a YouTube channel with the same name: /internationalzeitschrift. Support Fritz and the International editorial team with a magazine subscription: https://international.or.at.
How to Combat Propaganda and Transatlantic Madness | Austrian Publisher Fritz Edlinger
There is a line from the immortal anti-war poem i sing of Olaf glad and big, in which the protagonist, Olaf, a World War I–era conscientious objector who eventually dies in prison at the hands of the state, declares, “There is some sh*t I will not eat.” The basic problem we confront in the Middle East today is that when it comes from Benjamin Netanyahu, there is nothing Joe Biden will not eat. Biden has been the object of Bibi’s bullying for years. Netanyahu delighted in humiliating then–Vice President Biden on the latter’s trip to Israel in 2010, announcing on the day of his arrival a massive expansion of “settlements” in east Jerusalem. At some point, one would think, it would become a question of self-respect, of manhood—for Biden to stand up to Netanyahu. But no.
How Netanyahu Tries to Drag US Into War With Iran
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