Austria’s Foreign Minister has signaled that the country should consider abandoning its decades-long neutrality and discuss ...

Amid an unprecedented budget crunch and drastic spending cuts in Vienna, defense spending continues to increase year over year.

Austria is prepared to hold discussions on joining Nato and reassessing its long-standing neutral status in response to ...

"I am very open to having a public debate about the future of Austria's security and defense policy," Austria's Foreign ...

While there are currently no plans for Austria to seek membership in NATO, the foundation for joining the alliance may already be in place.

Austria’s long-held policy of neutrality is facing fresh scrutiny, as Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger openly questioned whether the doctrine still ensures national security in the face of ...

Historically neutral, the country is set to double military spending, even in the midst of a budget crisis, as its neighbors ...

Back to the future Austria’s neutrality experienced its heyday in the 1970s under the widely popular and internationally assertive social democratic government of Chancellor Bruno Kreisky.

Austria must be ready to engage in discussions about potentially joining NATO, Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger ...

Like Ireland, Austria says it is militarily – but not politically – neutral in this conflict. It has supplied humanitarian assistance for Ukraine but not arms, and Vienna has vowed to boost ...

The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats and demanding that it end its ...