Hundreds of European “foreign fighters” are still being held by Kurdish authorities, in Syria. Their fate remains uncertain, as European governments are unwilling to repatriate their citizens. Meanwhile, security and […]
Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, has been credited with the idea according to which the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen has three key tasks facing […]
Other publications
Enhancing the employability of Europe’s armies turns on the creation of permanent multinational force packages, with national brigades serving as the building blocks. Read this paper on Taylor & Francis: […]
The debate about the division of labor between the European Union (EU) and NATO has been ongoing ever since the former was created in 1993. Much more sensitive than the […]
Commentaries
To strengthen multilateralism in their own neighbourhood, Germany and the EU should pursue connectivity strategies with their Eastern and Southern neighbours. These could create the links between the EU’s neighbours […]
Since the attacks the 11th of September 2001 in the US, there has been a strong increase in security force assistance (SFA) to fragile states with the aim of professionalising […]
With Kenneth R. Weinstein, President & CEO of the Hudson Institute.
The 2016 European Global Strategy (EUGS) introduced the objective of strategic autonomy. But what exactly does the EU want to be autonomous for? The debate so far has focused on […]
The Egmont Institute organised an Egmont Working Lunch on 8 March 2019 with Prof. Dr. Alexander Mattelaer and Prof. Dr. Beatrice Heuser and closing remarks by Johan Verbeke. Are Europeans […]
Seminar with: –Prof. Dr. Hanns W. Maull, who recently edited a prestigious volume on The Rise and Decline of the Post-Cold War International Order (Oxford University Press, November 2018) –Prof. […]