Rosser's rebuttal

[Greg Nowell]

To my mind this doesn't prove much.  Austria is a small
player with a "trade north" orientation to Germany.
Some of its heavy industry, which has been critical to
the welfare state, would potentially be heavily
impacted by competitors from further south.  I never
would have argued that there would be *unanimous*
support.  There seldom is for anything.    -gn

1)  The Death of the Danube Theory:

Greg Nowell recently suggested that the explanation
for the NATO actions in Yugoslavia were explained by
anger over Serbian machinations to slow trade along
the Danube with references specifically to German and
Dutch interests.   This does not wash.  Why not?

     Austria.

     Austria is the only EU or NATO member actively
opposing
the NATO actions.  But it has a much greater interest
in the
Danube traffic than does any other such country with
the
possible exception of brand-new NATO member, Hungary.
Certainly its economic interest far exceeds that of
either
Germany or the Netherlands.

--
Gregory P. Nowell
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, Milne 100
State University of New York
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