Why didn't the Austrian Empire (or even the Austrian-Hungarian Empire) start colonializing?

by TimeKeeper2
Brickie78

Not to discourage new answers, but there's an old one from a couple of years back:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1gur6e/why_didnt_spain_and_austriahungary_take_part_in/

TL;DR, they made a couple of half-hearted attempts but were squeezed out by the bigger players and had their own internal problems which prevented a greater effort. They concentrated instead on their own back-yard in the shape of the Balkans.