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In a rejoinder to Bill McSweeney (JPR 3/88) it is argued that from a peace-political perspective, Ireland cannot serve as a model for the `Euro-neutrals' (Austria, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland). This is particularly true with regard to Austria, which is planning to enter into negotiations with the European Community (EC) on possible membership in the EC in order to meet the challenges presented by the Community's plans for a `frontier-free' internal market by 1992. Any discussion about membership of neutral states in the EC should also include the general `international' context of the political order in postwar Europe as well as the `intra-national' dimensions of a country's specific history and identity. At this time, a unilateral accession of Austria to the EC would both undermine the credibility of Austria's `positive neutrality policy' and the possibility of a joint, coherent, and effective policy of all the continental European neutrals.

In a reply to Bill McSweeney's article discussing the relationship of the neutral European countries & the European Community (EC) from an Irish standpoint ("The European Neutrals and the European Community," Journal of Peace Research, 1988, 25, 3, Sept, 205-211), it is argued that this approach cannot be applied to the situation of Austria, which is about to enter negotiation with the EC on potential membership. The continental European neutrals should be viewed differently than Ireland because of diffences in history (inception of neutralism), legalities (concerning military power), & political situations (credibility of neutrality). A discussion of the neutrality concept is presented, as well as military implications in the EC. It is argued that Austrian membership in the EC could undermine its credibility as a neutral nation. 13 References. A. Cole

Considerations in view of Austria's possible membership in the EEC.

Towards a Future European Peace Order? explores the prospects for an international peace process emerging in the aftermath of the Cold War. Inspired by the basically peaceful revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, fourteen contributors from both East and West present their views and visions for a continent undergoing rapid transformation on the eve of the twenty-first century. Their perspectives are based on analyses of the underlying political, historical, societal, psychological, strategic and economic preconditions for a European peace order

(1): 1986. - 93 S. - (Wissenschaft und Frieden; 4/86); (2): 1987. - 95 S. - (Wissenschaft und Frieden; 1/87)