The Authors : Andrea K. Riemer is Associate Professor of International Relations, Deputy Director of the Center of Foreign and Security Policy and member of the Science Board. She was Academic Dean at The International University, Vienna and holds a Doctorate with the Vienna Economic University (1992). She was founder of ARIS Research and Consultancy Office for Security Studies, participated in a number of international research projects and published numerous articles and studies on Turkey, the Greek-Turkish relations and the Kurds.
Fred W. Korkisch is Director of the Center of Foreign and Security Policy ; a former ranking official in the Austrian MoD, Colonel in the Austrian Air Force, Air Staff and member of the Science Board ; since 1970 in the USA, employed in the pharmaceutical industry, student of the Santa Barbara College, University of Michigan ; 1972 Austrian Ministry of Defense, 1978 Air Section/Air Staff, General Staff Group B/Operations and International Operations ; student of political science, University of Vienna ; teaching assignments in various universities and academies ; many publications about military issues and especially American foreign and security policy.