First published in 1993, Contemporary Austrian Studies (CAS) is an academic publication appealing to a broad intellectual audience and fostering a multiplicity of views and perspectives. CAS's typical format features a number of essays on a special topic such as the impact of post-Cold War geopolitical developments and European integration on Austria in this issue (volume II will feature ?A First Assessment of the Kreisky Era;? volume III will deal with ?Austria in the 1950s?). Usually one or two ?non-topical? essays will complete the main part.