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Dear readers, On April 1st, 2020, I took over from Ambassador Johan Verbeke as Director-General of the Egmont Institute. I would first of all like to thank my predecessor who […]
Commentaries
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 […]
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Even the most dystopian science fiction novel usually is optimistic in one way: somehow humanity has always managed to create a planetary government. So when the aliens land and, true […]
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. […]
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The Corona pandemic is changing the way we live and function as a society for at least the coming weeks or months. While it is a virus that does not […]
When Trump says that he wants NATO to take more responsibility in the Middle East, what he means is that he wants the European allies to do more. He is […]
This fourth Alumni Seminar is hosted by the Egmont Institute. For the report, click here.
*** The relationship between Europe and Japan is not what it used to be – especially during the days of Japan’s growth to an economic superpower and the model for […]
The new digital world led to a new world of diplomacy. Digitization has changed the way of using diplomacy as well as the internal structure of Ministries of Foreign Affairs.