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Rather no government of technocrats
The “De Morgen” Newspaper chose Sven Biscop as defence minister in a hypothetical government of technocrats for Belgium. But Belgian and EU policy needs to become more political, not more […]
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The “De Morgen” Newspaper chose Sven Biscop as defence minister in a hypothetical government of technocrats for Belgium. But Belgian and EU policy needs to become more political, not more […]
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“What should the EU do?” This is how most, if not all, policymakers in the Belgian foreign ministry react when a crisis occurs in, say, Ukraine or Syria. But as […]
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Sven Biscop outlines a realistic but real ambition for the Belgian armed forces. The key though is long-term budgetary stability. This article is available in Dutch only. This commentary appeared […]
In this Security Policy Brief Jo Coelmont examines the challenges Belgium is facing at present. On the one hand there is the declared political objective to henceforth provide its defence […]
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The last major review of Belgian foreign policy dates back to the 1990s. Enough has changed at the global, European and Belgian level to warrant a new critical reflection. On […]
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European countries work together in crisis management, conflict prevention and many other aspects of security and defence policy. Closer cooperation in this policy arena seems to be the only viable […]
With Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN in New York until July 2020 Under the United Nations Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility […]
The Education & Training Programme supports the initial training of Malian civil servants through its partnership with the National School of Administration Mali (ENA Mali) financed by Enabel, Belgian Development […]
On 8 June the Egmont Education & Training Programme launched a two-week online Advanced training course for a group of young Palestinian diplomats from the European Affairs Department of the […]
!!! La conférence est malheureusement reportée à une date ultérieure étant donné les mesures de sécurité liées à la pandémie de COVID-19 !!! Unfortunately the conference has been postponed to […]