The activities of the Institute follow the motto:
rem tene, verba sequentur!
master the subject, and the words will follow!
Assignment:
- Research and instructuring in the fields of Strategy, International Security and Contemporary History
- Publication of results of the actual research work in the publication series of the National Defence Academy ("Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie")
- Organising and conducting ofevents of scientific contents and interdisciplinary symposia
- Domestic and international co-operation with universities and other research institutions
Organisation:
Section I: StrategySection II : Security Policy
Section III: Contemporary History
Definitions of the basics of the sections missions:
Strategy is the preparation and utilization of all means by politics to reach the goals defined within a certain timeframe and specified area.
Security Policy is the sum of means as well as of the strategies and use of instruments to reach goals which serve the inner - and outer security, national souveranity, freedom of action of the government and the principle of political self-governance. Contemporary History deals with scientific research work and preconditional processing of contemporary - and military history for the perception of strategical and security political proceeding in the present
Point of Contact:
LANDESVERTEIDIGUNGSAKADEMIE
Institut für Strategie und Sicherheitspolitik (ISS)
Institute for Strategy and Security Policy (ISS)
Stiftgasse 2a
1070 WIEN
Tel.: +43(0)50201-10-28301
E-Mail: lvak.iss@bmlvs.gv.at