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 […]
Conference on the occasion of the publication of the book under the same title by Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop (Egmont & Ghent University) With the author, Prof. Dr. Jolyon Howorth […]
Political values have long informed the ways in which many European states and the EU itself approach China. But the way in which these values – in particular democracy, human […]
In September 2018, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy adopted a Joint Communication on connectivity. In it, the EU highlights […]
FULLY BOOKED Programme: Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Egmont & Ghent University Speakers: Gunta Sloga, Executive director, Baltic Centre for Media Exellence, Riga Janis Sarts, Director at the NATO […]