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 […]
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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 […]
The Confucius Institute at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations, the EU Asian Centre (EUAC) and Brussels Academy for China and European Studies (BACES) invite […]
The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) is set to re-open its doors in December 2018. To mark this occasion, the museum and the Egmont – Royal Institute for International […]
The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) is set to re-open its doors in December 2018. To mark this occasion, the museum and the Egmont – Royal Institute for International […]
The German Institute for International and Security Affairs – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) and the Egmont Institute organise an expert exchange on Peter Rudolf´s (Senior Fellow, SWP, Berlin) recently […]