Question: Is Austria a sovereign state?

My answer is “Yes”.

Firstly, Austria is a state.

The first reason, Austria has a permanent population (Austrian people), a defined territory
(can be showed in the map), government (Republic of Austria) and capacity to enter into
relations with the other states.
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According to “Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States Article 1”.
“The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:
(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter
into relations with the other states.”

Then, the second reason, The only right of military defense is owed to the Austria Federal
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Army.
Austria has the federal army where the commander-in-chief is the Austrian Federal
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President. And The Austrian Armed Forces form the armed power of the Republic of Austria.
Besides, The Regional Police Directorates of Austria are subordinate to the Federal
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Minister.
According to Weber(2004: 33)
the state is the form of human community that (successfully) lays claim to the monopoly
of legitimate physical violence within a particular territory……The state is regarded as the sole
source of the ‘right’ to use violence.5

Secondly, Austria has the sovereignty. The official things of Austrian are decided by
themselves.
The Austrian people have the right to manage their own country. According to The
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Federal Constitution of Austria Article 1
"Austria is a democratic republic. Its laws emanate from the people."
And the Austrian Federal Constitution was passed by the Constituent National Assembly
on October 1, 1920. (The Constitutional Transition Act passed by the Provisional State
Government on May 1, 1945 brought the Federal Constitutional back into force with the 1929
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amendments.)

Above all, Austria is a sovereign state.

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Klabbers, J. (Ed.). (2016). Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States. In International Law
Documents (pp. 2–4). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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From Art 79 in Austria's Constitution of 1920, Reinstated in 1945, with Amendments through 2009.
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https://www.bundesheer.at/en/the-forces
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Police services (wien.gv.at)
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cited in Caramani, Daniele, ed. 2023. Comparative Politics. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.71.
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Cited in A Parliamentary Democracy — Austria in USA
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From A Parliamentary Democracy — Austria in USA