'The Genius of Metternich: Austria's Resurrection Through “Active Neutrality”' by Franz-Stefan Gady in The National Interest (3 December 2014)
“Despite its weaknesses, the Habsburg Empire under Metternich succeeded in obtaining a strategically and politically advantageous position in the run-up to the last war with Napoleon.
By navigating between great powers during the Napoleonic war, Austria not only survived, but thrived.
[…]With the 200th anniversary of the Congress of Vienna just around the corner, the story of Austria's accession to the last coalition against Napoleon is worth retelling.”