European CSDP Offensive: Austrian Handbook Strengthens Security Cooperation in Vietnam

PeopleOther ♦ Published: August 4, 2024; 21:16 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense has published a handbook on the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) since 2009. Due to its success, Austria was asked to make this work available to Asian partner states to promote security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

Thomas Wiersing, Jochen Rehrl, Quy Nam Duong und Arnold Kammel presenting the CSDP handbook (f.l.t.r.). / Picture: © Bundesheer/Wannemacher

After almost a year of preparation, the Vietnamese edition of the handbook was presented in Hanoi. Arnold Kammel, Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense, and Jochen Rehrl, the editor of the handbook, led the Austrian delegation. They were received by the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Xuan Chien Hoang. They were accompanied by Thomas Wiersing, Deputy…