{"id":2697,"date":"2022-03-09T09:35:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:26:58","slug":"oliver-rathkolb-has-failed-austrias-neutrality-policy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Rathkolb: Has Austria's neutrality policy failed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For too long, foreign policy has been unimaginative and passive. It is time to get actively involved in world politics again. Anything else would be an abandonment of democratic politics<br \/>\nThe historian Oliver Rathkolb recalls in his guest commentary in the <em>STANDARD<\/em> The report recalls times when neutral Austria was more involved in international politics and calls for a return to the past.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oliver Rathkolb<\/strong><\/em> is Director of the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna and author of, among other books, \"Die Paradoxe Republik. Austria 1945 to 2015\" (Zsolnay-Verlag, 2015). He is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Kreisky Forum.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2698,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"news-kategrie":[48],"class_list":["post-2697","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-kategrie-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oliver Rathkolb: Hat \u00d6sterreichs Neutralit\u00e4tspolitik versagt? - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-has-failed-austrias-neutrality-policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oliver Rathkolb: Hat \u00d6sterreichs Neutralit\u00e4tspolitik versagt? - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zu lange war man au\u00dfenpolitisch ideenlos, ist passiv geblieben. Es ist Zeit, sich wieder aktiv mit der Weltpolitik zu besch\u00e4ftigen. Alles andere w\u00e4re eine demokratiepolitische Selbstaufgabe Der Historiker Oliver Rathkolb erinnert in seinem Gastkommentar im STANDARD an Zeiten, in denen sich das neutrale \u00d6sterreich an der internationalen Politik st\u00e4rker beteiligt hat, und mahnt hier ein [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-has-failed-austrias-neutrality-policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T10:26:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt\",\"name\":\"Oliver Rathkolb: Hat \u00d6sterreichs Neutralit\u00e4tspolitik versagt? - Kreisky Forum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T09:35:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T10:26:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\\\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Oliver Rathkolb: Hat \u00d6sterreichs Neutralit\u00e4tspolitik versagt?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bruno Kreisky Forum\",\"description\":\"Bruno Kreisky Forum f\u00fcr internationalen Dialog\",\"alternateName\":\"BRUNO KREISKY FORUM f\u00fcr internationalen Dialog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kreisky-forum.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Oliver Rathkolb: Has Austria's neutrality policy failed? - Kreisky Forum","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-has-failed-austrias-neutrality-policy","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Oliver Rathkolb: Hat \u00d6sterreichs Neutralit\u00e4tspolitik versagt? - Kreisky Forum","og_description":"Zu lange war man au\u00dfenpolitisch ideenlos, ist passiv geblieben. Es ist Zeit, sich wieder aktiv mit der Weltpolitik zu besch\u00e4ftigen. Alles andere w\u00e4re eine demokratiepolitische Selbstaufgabe Der Historiker Oliver Rathkolb erinnert in seinem Gastkommentar im STANDARD an Zeiten, in denen sich das neutrale \u00d6sterreich an der internationalen Politik st\u00e4rker beteiligt hat, und mahnt hier ein [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-has-failed-austrias-neutrality-policy","og_site_name":"Kreisky Forum","article_modified_time":"2026-04-27T10:26:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt","url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt","name":"Oliver Rathkolb: Has Austria's neutrality policy failed? - Kreisky Forum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-09T09:35:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-27T10:26:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rathkolb_Oliver2020-scaled-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/oliver-rathkolb-hat-oesterreichs-neutralitaetspolitik-versagt#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Oliver Rathkolb: Hat \u00d6sterreichs Neutralit\u00e4tspolitik versagt?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/","name":"Bruno Kreisky Forum","description":"Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue","alternateName":"BRUNO KREISKY FORUM f\u00fcr internationalen Dialog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-kategrie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-kategrie?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}