China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been subject to ample scrutiny since its inception in 2013. Practical results could be said to be severely lacking in contrast to […]
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Globalization is not dead. But we will not go back to the world that was, where security and resilience to economic interdependence was an afterthought. In this new era, economic […]
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In Brussels too, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on every-body’s lips. On 27 September 2019, Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe and outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker openedthe first EU-Asia […]
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The coronavirus is a common threat to the public health of all human beings. But it is not wise to over-react. The virus itself must be taken very seriously indeed. […]
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In this commentary, Egmont senior researcher and affiliated senior researcher with the Leuven Institute of Criminology (University of Leuven) Valérie Arnould examines the human rights challenges the Covid-19 crisis poses […]
This will change everything . It is an understandable feeling. When people pass through an ordeal, they want to believe that when all is over there will be some compensation. […]
Join the discussion Speakers: Michael Köhler, Deputy Director General, DG ECHO, European Commission Reena Ghelani, Director of operations, OCHA Kathrin Schick, Director, VOICE Tineke Strik, Member of the European Parliament […]
Building on the success of the firs ttwo think tank dialogues, this third event will focus on challenges and opportunities for promoting economic security and openness through the implementation of […]
After a couple of relatively stable years in the South China Sea (SCS), tensions are flaring up again this year. We have witnessed the Vietnamese and Chinese deployments of oil […]
Talk with Greg Barton. In several recent attacks, for instance in Christchurch, New Zealand, or in Sri Lanka, hateful extremism proved to be a precursor to violent extremism. If more […]