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 […]
Bruegel and the Egmont Institute host a conversation with Jin Liqun, the president of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and […]
In the first of a series on grand strategy, Egmont has the pleasure of inviting you to an evening conference with Professor Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of […]
Egmont invites you to a roundtable with Prof. Dr. Alice Pannier (School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington). Professor Pannier is the winner of the 2017 Global Strategy […]
The “Harmel Report” was adopted by the NATO Allies in December 1967. It took into account developments in the international environment and considered how the Alliance could become a contributor […]