The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the annual joint seminars that since a few years the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Egmont – Royal Institute for […]
In this policy brief, the author focusses on NATO’s nuclear dimension. He highlights key challenges in the European security environment and explains essential characteristics of NATO’s deterrence and collective defence, […]
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The current instability in the Sahel has attracted a heavy international security presence to the region which has taken on a logic of its own. Yet there is a need […]
Belgo-Russia relations are mired in paradox. For several years, the relationship between the Russian Federation on the one hand and the EU and NATO on the other has been characterized […]
Commentaries
A Swedish citizen faces capital punishment without a fair trial. The EU cannot afford to stay silent. In a faraway prison, an Iranian-Swedish scientist awaits execution. Ahmadreza Djalali, a specialist […]
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In his contribution to the edited volume celebrating the 15th anniversary of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), Sven Biscop makes a warm plea to continue to invest in […]
The South China Sea issue has become increasingly debated in the international media, reflecting a number of recent developments in the contested region. The Egmont Institute and the Embassy of […]
The first National Reflection Group of the ‘New Pact for Europe’ was organized on the 26 may 2016 at the Castel of Val Duchesse. The next meeting will be in […]
Guest speaker: John L. Esposito, University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian […]
This event explores an overhaul of the EU’s 2001 Asia Strategy, which appears more important than ever in the context of Asian economic growth and the US ‘pivot’, and the […]