Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber
Encyclopedia
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber (born February 4, 1956) is the Founding Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University and has been teaching on issues of state
, international security
, self-determination
, diplomacy
, and crisis diplomacy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Politics since 1988. He is also founder and chair of the Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs, an international private diplomacy forum.
, Geneva, Switzerland (Ph.D) where he studied under the supervision of Curt Gasteyger
, and worked closely with Dusan Sidjanski at the University of Geneva.
Following his Austrian military service (First Lieutenant, Reserve), he served as Special Assistant to the Commander of the Austrian National Defense Academy. Danspeckgruber was a visiting scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and held research fellowships at the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and at Princeton's Center of International Studies.
, Iran
, and Central Asia
; on theory and practice of international diplomacy; the International Criminal Court; and on issues concerning Religion
and Diplomacy
. Since 2003, Danspeckgruber has advised the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York and has worked with Ambassador Christian Wenaweser
. In 2006, during Austria’s Presidency of the European Union
, he was the academic adviser to the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York.
Since 2001, he has repeatedly visited Afghanistan
, China
, India
(Kashmir
), Israel
, Oman
, Pakistan
, Saudi Arabia
, Turkey
, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan
, and has been involved in related private diplomacy. Until 2000, Danspeckgruber was involved in private diplomacy in Southeastern Europe
and the Caucasus
, and has also worked with the Ahtisaari Team and the EU Special Representative on the status of Kosovo
. He conducted fact-finding missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina
, Croatia
, Hungary
, Kosovo
, Macedonia
, Montenegro
, Slovenia
and Yugoslavia
/Serbia
.
, in the conduct of diplomacy, mediation, reconciliation, and the management of international crises – particularly to avoid conflict and bloodshed, and possibly to reduce tensions. He works to educate and train the next generation of leaders in these areas. He co-taught international crisis diplomacy with Joschka Fischer
at the Woodrow Wilson School. Analyzing contemporary variants of self-determination-crises, Danspeckgruber argues that “[t]here is a growing sense that self-determination and autonomy ought not necessarily and automatically cause the break up of sovereign states. Rather, at least in most cases, there is increasing interest in the introduction of self-governance - the maximization of autonomy - and decentralization.”
, Erhard Busek
, eds., "Aspekte der Globalisierung," 2008; "Self-Governance Plus Regional Integration: A Possible Solution to Self-Determination Claims" in Stefan Wolff
and Marc Weller
, eds. "Autonomy, Self-Governance, and Conflict Resolution," 2005; and "The EEA
, the Neutrals, and an Emerging Architecture" in Gregory F. Treverton, ed. "The Shape of the New Europe," 1992.
He is the editor of the "LISD Summary Report" and the "LISD Policy Brief," the "LISD/WWS Study Series," and the "Encyclopedia Princetoniensis: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Self-Determination."
Sovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
, international security
International security
International security consists of the measures taken by nations and international organizations, such as the United Nations, to ensure mutual survival and safety. These measures include military action and diplomatic agreements such as treaties and conventions. International and national security...
, self-determination
Self-determination
Self-determination is the principle in international law that nations have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or external interference...
, diplomacy
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...
, and crisis diplomacy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Politics since 1988. He is also founder and chair of the Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs, an international private diplomacy forum.
Education
Danspeckgruber was educated at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz and the University of Vienna, Austria, (D.Laws); and at the Graduate Institute of International StudiesGraduate Institute of International Studies
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, best known as HEI , was founded in 1927 as one of the first institutions in the world dedicated to the study of international relations...
, Geneva, Switzerland (Ph.D) where he studied under the supervision of Curt Gasteyger
Curt Gasteyger
Dr. Curt Gasteyger is the Director of the Association for the Promotion and Study of International Security , and Honorary Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies , Geneva. He was the Professor for International Relations at the HEI from 1974 to 1994...
, and worked closely with Dusan Sidjanski at the University of Geneva.
Following his Austrian military service (First Lieutenant, Reserve), he served as Special Assistant to the Commander of the Austrian National Defense Academy. Danspeckgruber was a visiting scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and held research fellowships at the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and at Princeton's Center of International Studies.
Career
During Austria's Membership in the United Nations Security Council (2008-10), Danspeckgruber served as adviser to its Permanent Mission. He works on security and state-building problems in AfghanistanAfghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
; on theory and practice of international diplomacy; the International Criminal Court; and on issues concerning Religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
and Diplomacy
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...
. Since 2003, Danspeckgruber has advised the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York and has worked with Ambassador Christian Wenaweser
Christian Wenaweser
Christian Wenaweser is a Liechtenstein diplomat.Since 2002, Wenaweser has been the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations. In 2008, Wenaweser was elected to a three-year term as the president of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. In this...
. In 2006, during Austria’s Presidency of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, he was the academic adviser to the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York.
Since 2001, he has repeatedly visited Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
), Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Oman
Oman
Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, and has been involved in related private diplomacy. Until 2000, Danspeckgruber was involved in private diplomacy in Southeastern Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
, and has also worked with the Ahtisaari Team and the EU Special Representative on the status of Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. He conducted fact-finding missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
/Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
.
Interests and Expertise
Danspeckgruber is interested in the analysis of international relationsInternational relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
, in the conduct of diplomacy, mediation, reconciliation, and the management of international crises – particularly to avoid conflict and bloodshed, and possibly to reduce tensions. He works to educate and train the next generation of leaders in these areas. He co-taught international crisis diplomacy with Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
at the Woodrow Wilson School. Analyzing contemporary variants of self-determination-crises, Danspeckgruber argues that “[t]here is a growing sense that self-determination and autonomy ought not necessarily and automatically cause the break up of sovereign states. Rather, at least in most cases, there is increasing interest in the introduction of self-governance - the maximization of autonomy - and decentralization.”
Publications
Danspeckgruber’s publications include "Crisis Diplomacy in Egypt" in the Huffington Post, 2011; "Globalization - Reflections on Impact and Dichotomies" in Carl BaudenbacherCarl Baudenbacher
Carl Baudenbacher is a Swiss jurist. He has served as the President of the since 2003 and has since 1987 been a Professor of Law at the . From 1993-2002 Baudenbacher was a Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law for International and European Law.- Career...
, Erhard Busek
Erhard Busek
Erhard Busek is a politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party . At present he is Coordinator of the South-Eastern Cooperative Initiative and Chairman of the Institute for Danube Region and Central Europe among other things.Busek was chief of the party and Vice-Chancellor of Austria...
, eds., "Aspekte der Globalisierung," 2008; "Self-Governance Plus Regional Integration: A Possible Solution to Self-Determination Claims" in Stefan Wolff
Stefan Wolff
Stefan Wolff is a German political scientist. He is a specialist in international security, particularly in the management, settlement and prevention of ethnic conflicts. He is currently Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom...
and Marc Weller
Marc Weller
Marc Weller is a French retired professional football goalkeeper.He was part of the SC Bastia team that reached the 1978 UEFA Cup Final.-External links:*...
, eds. "Autonomy, Self-Governance, and Conflict Resolution," 2005; and "The EEA
EEA
EEA or Eea may refer to:* Eea or Electron affinity, the energy required to detach an electron from a singly charged negative ion* River Eea, in Cumbria, England* EEA Helicopter Operations, a Dutch subsidiary of CHC Helicopter...
, the Neutrals, and an Emerging Architecture" in Gregory F. Treverton, ed. "The Shape of the New Europe," 1992.
He is the editor of the "LISD Summary Report" and the "LISD Policy Brief," the "LISD/WWS Study Series," and the "Encyclopedia Princetoniensis: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Self-Determination."
Books
- Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., ed., "Working Toward Peace and Prosperity in Afghanistan," Lynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner Publishers is an independent scholarly and textbook publishing firm. It was founded in 1984 and publishes in the fields of international studies and comparative world politics. It also publishes books about US politics, sociology and criminology. It also translates foreign books to...
, 2011. - Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., Stefan Barriga and Christian WenaweserChristian WenaweserChristian Wenaweser is a Liechtenstein diplomat.Since 2002, Wenaweser has been the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations. In 2008, Wenaweser was elected to a three-year term as the president of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. In this...
, eds. "The Princeton Process on the Crime of Aggression: Materials of the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression, 2003-2009," Lynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner Publishers is an independent scholarly and textbook publishing firm. It was founded in 1984 and publishes in the fields of international studies and comparative world politics. It also publishes books about US politics, sociology and criminology. It also translates foreign books to...
, 2009. - Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., with Robert Finn, eds. "Building State and Security in Afghanistan," with contributions by President Hamid KarzaiHamid KarzaiHamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...
and Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Princeton: Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2007. - Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., ed. "Perspectives on the Russian State in Transition." Princeton: Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2006.
- Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., ed. "The Self-Determination of Peoples: Community, Nation, and State in an Interdependent World," Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner Publishers is an independent scholarly and textbook publishing firm. It was founded in 1984 and publishes in the fields of international studies and comparative world politics. It also publishes books about US politics, sociology and criminology. It also translates foreign books to...
, 2002. - Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., with Arthur Watts, eds. "Self-Determination and Self-Administration: A Sourcebook," Foreword Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Boulder: Lynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner Publishers is an independent scholarly and textbook publishing firm. It was founded in 1984 and publishes in the fields of international studies and comparative world politics. It also publishes books about US politics, sociology and criminology. It also translates foreign books to...
, 1997. - Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., with Charles R.H. Tripp, eds. "The Iraqi Aggression against Kuwait: Strategic Lessons and Implications for Europe." Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1996.
- Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., ed. "Emerging Dimensions of European Security Policy." Boulder: Westview Press, 1991.
External links
- Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber's Biography via Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) Website
- Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber's Biography via Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
- Official Website for Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at Princeton University
- Liechtenstein Institute Publications
- Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber on Huffington Post
- Danspeckgruber, Wolfgang F., "Self-Governance Plus Regional Integration: A Solution to Self-Determination or Secession Claims in the Emerging International System"
- Brett Tomlinson, "Everything on the Table," Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) January 24, 2007: Real-world Diplomacy Comes to the Classroom with Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Lecturer Wolfgang Danspeckgruber
- P.G. Sittenfield, "When the Professor is a Tough Grader, and Your Dad," New York Times, May 10, 2006.
- Official Facebook Page for Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber
- Official Facebook Page for the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD)
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