Vladimir Dedijer’s long-neglected The Road to Sarajevo remains one of the finest guides to the assassination that changed the course of the twentieth century. Later this month, on July 28th, the world will quietly pass the 112th anniversary of one of history’s defining moments. On that day in 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Within days, Europe’s elaborate alliance system would lurch into motion. By August, the Continent, which had largely been at peace for nearl

Austria’s chancellor visits India, signalling a pragmatic European pivot towards a rising Asian partner For a country often described as the quiet heart of Europe, Austria has chosen a moment of global flux to step outward. Its outreach to India, in form of Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker’s recent visit this month, is marked by shifting alliances, economic anxieties and a search for reliable partners beyond the Atlantic. Austria’s geography has always endowed it with an