Dr. Karin Kneissl
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Current Position:
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Courses taught at Webster
- International Law
- International Organizations
- History of the Middle
- China’s Foreign and Economic Policy
- Geopolitics of Energy and other area studies’ courses
Dr. Kneissl has also organized a seminar for diplomats in decision-making at the UN at Webster.
Education
- Degree in Public Administration, ENA (Ecole Nationale d' Administration) Paris, France, 1992
- Doctorate, University of Vienna, 1991
- Fulbright Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA, 1989
- Postgraduate study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in International Relations, and at the Urbino University/Italy in European Law, 1988
- Magister iur., University of Vienna, 1987
Background and Facts
Since she resigned her post at the Austrian Foreign Service in autumn 1998, Karin Kneissl, who holds a Ph.D in international law, has been working as a freelance researcher and lecturer. The focus of her teaching and publishing encompasses the Middle East, energy issues and international law. She is member of the research faculty of the Vienna campus of Webster University. Furthermore, she regularly lectures at the Université Saint Joseph in Beirut, at the European Business School in Hessen/Germany, at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and the Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt/Austria as well as the National Defence College. From 1995 to 2003 she taught Humanitarian Law, History of Diplomacy and other courses at Vienna University, Institute of Political Sciences. From 2000 to 2006 she taught at Vienna Diplomatic Academy.
From 2002 to 2005 Dr. Kneissl cooperated with the UNECSO center CISH (Centre International des Sciences de l'Homme) in Byblos, Lebanon. She taught a series of courses on conflicts and religion organized by UNESCO and published various papers, notably a study on "Religon, Conflicts and Cultures" which was published in English, Arabic and German.
Ever since 2002 Dr. Kneissl contributes comments for the Austrian radio and TV broadcaster ORF, whenever political developments in the Middle and the events in the energy market require it. Her articles are widely published in German, English and French quarterlies and monthlies. For details see below list of publications.
Dr. Kneissl studied law and Arabic at Vienna University, she was a stipend at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, did a diploma in comparative European law at the University of Urbino/Italy and was Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris. From 1990 to 1998 she served in the Austrian Foreign Service, where she held positions in the office of the Legal Advisor, the cabinet of the minister and the Political Section. Her assignments abroad comprise Paris, Madrid and Geneva.
Dr. Kneissl is Vice-President of the Austrian Society for Politico-Military Studies, STRATEG; she was on the scientific board of the European Forum Alpbach, is an elected municipal counselor of her community Seibersdorf and holds various positions in non-profit organizations.
Research and publications
Dr. Kneissl started teaching at Webster University in fall 2001. In 2007 she became Research Faculty Member. In that capacity she has done research on the energy-politics in India, China and Vietnam. She did a series of lectures in March and December 2008 in Asia and has published articles for ICFAI university press in Hyderabad.
Books
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Von der Erfindung der Diplomatie
(The invention of diplomacy)
340 pages. Wien, Verlag Der Apfel, 2010
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Die Gewaltspirale – Warum Orient und Okzident nicht miteinander können.
(The cycle of violence – the dilemma of Orient and Occident)
336 pages, published by Ecowin (Salzburg) January 2007
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Der Energiepoker – Wie Erdöl und Erdgas die Weltwirtschaft beeinflussen
(The Energy Poker – How oil and natural gas shape the global economy)
FinanzBuch Verlag München April 2006, 250 pages
Second and revised edition: published by FinanzBuch Verlag München September 2008, 278 pages.
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The Energy Gamble: Securing the Future Mix of Energy
Edited by: Karin Kneissl, Rudolf Hecht, Magnus Bosse
Favorita Papers 02/2006, 105 pages
Articles
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The International Oil Market: which currency basket?
An article co-authored by Dr. Pawel Kowalewski and Dr. Karin Kneissl, published in the Yearbook of the ICFAI University Hyderabad, India Nov. 2009
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Richtige Köpfe für Krisenprävention: Welche Diplomatie und Verhandlungsführung für die Verhinderung bzw. Bewältigung der neuen alten Kriege? (The right people for crisis prevention: Which diplomacy and negotiations fort he prevention of the old new wars?) p. 223-245 in Söldner, Schurken, Seepiraten: Von der Privatisierung der Sicherheit und dem Chaos der “neuen Kriege”, Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Friedensforschung, 2009
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Von Konfuzius lernen – what to learn from Confucius, On the possible role of India and China in global economics; in MUT, p.89-104 Germany April 2009.
Ein fiktives Interview mit Metternich, p.113-125 in MUT October Germany 2009
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Metternich und die Europäische Unordnung (Metternich and the European disorder), in Österreichische Militärzeitschrift 4/2009. p.112-118
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Lehren aus dem innerpalästinensischem Konflikt für das westliche Engagement in Konfliktgebieten mit religiös-fundamentalistischen Einflussfaktoren
p.69 to 91 in: Religiöser Extremismus vs. Internationale Friedensbemühungen – Lessons Learned und präventive Strategien im Nahen Osten und am Westbalkan; Predrag Jurekovic und Walter Feichtinger (ed.). Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie 8/2008
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Rapport of the Symposium „Comprehensive International Engagement in Conflicts – Civil-Military Interaction as Challenge and Opportunity, p.213-223
In Zivil-Militärische Zusammenarbeit am Beispiel Afghanistan, by Walter Feichtinger und Markus Gauster (ed.) Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie 3/2008
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Medien in der islamischen Welt: Von der Hofberichterstattung zum Weblog
(Media in the Islamic World: From central communication to the weblog) p. 35-44
in Gute Medien - Böser Krieg?
Medien am schmalen Grat zwischen Cheerleadern des Militärs und Friedensjournalismus
160 p., published by Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktlösung
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Latest Tendencies in the International Monetary System and Its Impact on
Oil Producing Countries (with an Emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council
Member States)", co-authored by Dr. Pawel Kowalewski in the publication of the Polish National Bank "Bank i Kredyt", No. 8-9/2007, pp. 76-83,
http://www.nbp.pl/bankikredyt/en
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Der Iran und Venezuela – natürliche Verbündete oder temporäre Partner?
(Iran and Venezuela – natural allies or temporary partners?) p.241-253
In Energieversorgung als Sicherheitspolitische Herausforderung, edited by Reinhard C.Meier-Walser, Munich 2007, 357 pages
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Die Geopolitik des Erdöls und Erdgases: Kriegerischer oder friedlicher Zugang zu den Reserven am Golf; (Geopolitics of oil and natural gas: Access to ressources in the Gulf) p. 152-170 in In Krisenherd Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Friedensbericht 2007. Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktlösung Schlaining. Vol. 53
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Zwischen Balkanisierung und Libanisierung: Wie reagiert die Diplomatie auf Staatenimplosionen? p. 223-336
(From Balkanization to Lebanization: How does Diplomacy react to state implosions?)
Festschrift für Theodor Hanf In: Kulturen und Konflikte im Vergleich
Comparing Cultures and Conflicts edited by Peter Molt und Helga Dickow
Baden Nomos 2007
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Beitrag über den Libanon,
Contribution on Lebanon: an encyclopedical text on history, politics, economics etc
in Die Arabischen Staaten (ed. By Walter M. Weiss) p.159-176
Geschichte – Politik – Religion – Gesellschaft – Wirtschaft
Heidelberg (Palmyra) 2007
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Die Politik der Pipelines: Energieversorgung und Allianzen
(The politics of pipelines: energy supply and alliances)
in Österreichische Militärzeitschrift (Austrian Military publication)
May/June 2006, no.3 p.295-306
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Iran: Facing East and West
In the Middle East Economic Survey, p.29-34. October 10th, 2006
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The geopolitics of Iranian natural gas
In The Analytical Messenger, Moscow No.3(25) 2006; p.83-90
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“Mésalliances” au nom du pétrole et du gaz
(Difficult alliances in the name of oil and natural gas)
L’ena hors les murs, Magazine des Anciens Elèves de l’ENA, dossier Développement durable ; February 2005
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L’Opep à 45 ans: moins puissante mais toujours présente
Opec at 45 years, less powerful, but still present (in French), 12 pages
For Confluences Méditerranée, Nouveaux enjeux au Moyen-Orient
Nr. 53 – spring 2005
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Nation Building between National Sovereignty and International Intervention
The Hizbollah in Lebanon as a national and a regional player;
published by the Austrian Institute of International Politics OIIP Wiener Schriften zur Internationalen Politik – Band 10.
Nomos 2005, p.41-58
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Unclear future in the Balkans: some more independent states to come
18 pages in the Analytical Messenger no. 2 (20), Moscow 2005 (in Russian)
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The Shia of Lebanon and Iraq: between religious isolation and political mobilization
16 pages
In The Analytical Messenger, no. 1(15), Moscow 2004 (in Russian)
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Sleepless in Europe: Islamist cells/Is Europe vigilant?
14 pages
In The Analytical Messenger no.3 (17), Moscow 2004 (in Russian)
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The global turn in energy: with renewable energies towards development and climate protection
A publication for the Bonn Conference on “Renewables 2004” (in German).38 pages
published by the Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Germany
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Il faut distinguer entre le terrorisme et la résistance
Interview with Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hizbollah (in French)
10 pages
For Confluences Méditerranée, La nouvelle question d’Orient
Nr. 49 – spring 2004
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Israels unbestimmtes Staatsgebiet
(Israel’s undefined state territory)
In Österreichische Militärzeitschrift (Austrian Military publication)
March/April 2003, no.2 p.191-199
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Vienna’s monopoly was just a myth
On neighbourhood in Central Europe, 10 pages
In The Analytical Messenger, no.3(13), Moscow 2003 (in Russian)
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Das Öl-Dilemma der US-Allianzen im Golf
(The oil-dilemma of US-alliances in the Gulf)
In Österreichische Militärzeitschrift (Austrian Military publication)
March/April 2002, no.2 p.163-171
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Le dialogue entre l’Orient et l’Occident : les notions du temps, de l’individu et de l’espace
Dans « L’image de l’autres », actes du colloque de Byblos 29/30 mars 2001
Ed. Usek/Beirut 2002
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Two contributions: on the oil market and September 11th 2001
In Islam – Dumonts Handbuch (ed. By Walter M. Weiss)
Cologne 2002
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Europe and the Near East, p.129-138
In Favorita Papers 04/2004
250 Jahre Von der Orientalischen zur Diplomatischen Akademie in Wien
„A Changing Europe in a Changing World“
Variablen der Stabilität und Konstanten der Instabilität im Nahen Osten
Stock-taking of successes and failures in Mideast crisis management
In Österreichische Militärzeitschrift (Austrian Military publication)
June/July 2001, no.4. p.489-498
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Les faiblesses du droit international - Protection internationale et situation sur le terrain” (The deficits of international law – international protection and the situation in the field)
Minorities in Central Europe and the Middle East in a comparative analysis
in “Minorités: Réalités et Aspirations” Beirut 1991 (Usek ed.)
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Europe´s Horizons in the Middle East in “The Beirut Review”, Vol.1, No.2; p.20-37, published by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies summer 1991
Monographs
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UNIFIL – How and until when will the “interim” continue?
An assessment of the UN-peace-keeping Operation UNIFIL in Lebanon
In Occasional Papers of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 28 pages. December 2009
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Building Peace – Empowering Women
Gender Strategies to make UN Security Council Resolution 1325 work
Conference Proceedings of the Symposium 6-7 April 2006
Edited by the Austrian Development Agency, 57 pages
Chaired the meeting and summarised the proceedings for the editorial team
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Culture, Religion and Conflict
Lettres de Byblos, No. 2, 95 pages
edited by The Centre International des Sciences de l’Homme in Arabic, English and German
Byblos (Lebanon) 2003
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Hizbollah: terrorism, resistance or mere politics?
A study of the Shiite Movement in its Lebanese and regional context
Published by the Austrian Academy of Defense; 88 pages April 2002
Other publications
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1996-1998 at the Austrian Embassy in Madrid: Drafting of Catalogues for cultural presentations.
- since 1998 as free lancer Contributions on politics, economic affairs, cultural policy, book reviews. Die Welt - www.welt.de; Die Berliner Morgenpost - www.berlinermorgenpost.de; Die Presse - www.diepresse.at; Neue Züricher Zeitung: www.nzz.ch; Mut, Forum für Geschichte und Politik (monthly); Cicero www.cicero.de; Europäische Rundschau (2001; 2002); Contributor to Weltsichten (Entwicklungsinfomration Nord Süd), from 2002 to 2008 Member oft he editorial board for the Österreichische Militärzeitschrift from 2001 to 2006 (Austrian Military magazine)
Studies
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Study on Humanitarian Intervention
“L´ingérence entre le devoir humanitaire et l´action politique” 70 pages plus Annex
submitted at the Ecole Nationale d´Administration ENA Paris in December 1992
published by UNESCO in January 1995
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Study on the impact of the GATT negotiations/Uruguay Round on the agricultural policy of the Deux Sevres in France
“Le Gatt et son impact sur l´espace rural des Deux Sevres” 42 pages plus Annex
Stage at the Ecole Nationale d´Administration ENA in Niort; January 1992
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Doctoral thesis in international law; September 1991
“Der Grenzbegriff der Konfliktparteien im Nahen Osten”; 245 pages plus Annex
Historic analysis of the diverging concepts of borders by the parties to the conflict in the Middle East, the emergence of frontiers, the legal validity of the Border Treaties of the Mandatory Powers.
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The Convergence of Syrian and Israeli Policy in Lebanon, 85 pages plus Annex
University of Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Center of Contemporary Arab Studies, December 1989
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Die Grenzverschiebungen im Nahen Osten, (Border changes in the Middle East) 25 pages
Beitrag für Ethnizität und Grenzen, Dezember 1989, Freie Universität Berlin
Others
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Rohstoff- & Gold-Kongress, 21.10.2005
FinanzBuch Verlag DVD
Referat Strategische Rohstoffe Erdöl und Erdgas. A lecture on oil-price developments for an international seminar on commodities, attended by Jim Rogers, Jens Ehrhardt and other global investors.
