From Preparedness to Practice
Panel discussion with insights from Austria, Finland, Lithuania and Poland
17.06.2026 / Vienna
Strategic Autonomy: European and Southeast Asian Perspectives
Workshop in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Vienna
10.06.2026 / Wien
Reality Check for Europe's Defence: Who, What, How, When?
Discussion with Robert Brieger and Ronald Vartok
09.06.2026 / Vienna
AIES Visit to Taiwan and Southeast Asia
Board member Alfred Gerstl visited the region
29.05.2026
External Events
50 Jahre Gesellschaft Österreich Vietnam
Österreich Vietnam: Partner in einer Welt im Wandel
20.10.2026 / Vienna
Japan’s New Politics and Global Role
23.09.2026 / Vienna
How Europe Wins
The AIES at the European Forum Alpbach 2026
31.08.2026 / Alpbach
EU-Japan cooperation in Economic Security
AIES Senior Advisor Michael Reiterer spoke at event
02.06.2026
Publications
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In the media
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Polemics Rec. | In Conversation with Michael Zinkanell-Süss
Podcast Episode with AIES Director Michael Zinkanell-Süss
17.04.2026 / Polemics Rec.
Europe Under Russia’s Threat
Interview with AIES Senior Research Fellow Ulf Steindl
17.04.2026 / New Geopolitics
Can Europe Seize the Opportunity to Strengthen Its Strategic Capabilities?
Contribution by AIES Associated Fellow Leopold Schmertzing
13.11.2025 / ELIANET
United in Defence?
AIES Research Fellow Ulf Steindl interviewed Jan Farfal of Alpbach Poland
21.08.2025 / Alpbach Panorama
Videos & Podcasts
Japan’s New Politics and Global Role
23.09.26 /
The Austrian Institute for European- and Security Policy (AIES), the Japanese Embassy in Austria and the Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien) are pleased to invite you to the public lecture: Japan's New Politics and Global Role
Speakers:
H.E. Amb. Kiminori Iwama, Japanese Ambassador to Austria
Amb. Hans Dietmar …
AIES Podcast: Die Wurzeln des Ukrainekriegs mit Nico Lange
25.09.26 / Aus Sicherer Quelle – by Christoph Schwarz & Nick Nieschalke, S01 E10
Diesmal sprechen wir über die Ukraine - und auf die Vorgeschichte eines Krieges, der Europa seit Jahren prägt. Wie entwickelte sich die Ukraine nach dem Ende der Sowjetunion? Welche Bedeutung hatten die Annexion der Krim und der Beginn des Krieges im Donbas 2014? Und welche Rolle spielte die NATO-Osterweiterung tatsächlich auf dem Weg zum russischen Großangriff im Februar 2022?
Darüber sprechen wir mit Nico Lange. Er ist Gründer und Direktor des Instituts für Risikoanalysen und Internationale Sicherheit in Berlin und Senior Fellow beim Center for European Policy Analysis. Zuvor leitete er unter anderem den Leitungsstab im deutschen Verteidigungsministerium und war Senior Fellow bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz. Die Ukraine und Russland kennt er zudem aus eigener langjähriger Erfahrung: Sechs Jahre lang leitete er das Büro der Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung in Kyjiw, zuvor lehrte und forschte er in St. Petersburg.
Viel Spaß bei der 10. Folge von: Aus Sicherer Quelle!
What if the U.S. got Greenland?
22.05.26 / Reflections on NATO, European Security, International Law and the Arctic Future
The AIES, together with the Vienna Institute for Global Studies (VIGS) and the Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien), is happy to invite you to our upcoming event:
What if the U.S. got Greenland?
Reflections on NATO, European Security, International Law and the Arctic Future
Welcome:
Martin Eichtinger
(Director, Vienna …
About the AIES
Founded in 1996, the Austria Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) is an independent and non-profit research institute that has been providing expertise and recommendations on security, defense and foreign policy issues to public stakeholders for more than 25 years.
The focus of our analytical activities is on European integration, EU neighborhood policy, the Common Security and Defense Policy and its interaction with NATO, security policy developments in the Indo-Pacific region and the global challenges of the 21st century. The AIES not only conducts research on these topics, but also prepares needs-oriented analyses and recommendations for contract partners and organizes internal expert workshops and public events.
Highlights
Whose Energy, Whose Security?
Central Europe between diversification and geopolitics
21.10.2026 / Vienna
Japan’s New Politics and Global Role
23.09.2026 / Vienna
What if the U.S. got Greenland?
Reflections on NATO, European Security, International Law and the Arctic Future
22.05.2026 / Wien
Ready for 2029
Workshop at the Forum Wachau
19.05.2026 / Krems