Coronavirus and Power: the impact on international politics
This will change everything . It is an understandable feeling. When people pass through an ordeal, they want to believe that when all is over there will be some compensation. […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
The EU’s Just Transition: three challenges and how to overcome them
The EU’s ‘Just Transition Mechanism’ proposal has become highly contentious, bringing up issues of redistribution between countries. It faces three main challenges: overcoming a focus on national allocations; expanding the […]
Will a European Security Council bring strategic relevance?
How can the EU quickly and effectively take decisions on issues of international security? There’s only one workable option: bring the heads of government together in a European Union Security […]
Trump, the Middle East, and North Africa: just leave things to the proxies?
When Trump says that he wants NATO to take more responsibility in the Middle East, what he means is that he wants the European allies to do more. He is […]
Commentaries
What the Coronavirus will not change
Having now twice spoken to my laptop for an hour and a half, I am quite sure that there is one thing that the corona crisis will not change: when […]
Will a European Security Council bring strategic relevance?
How can the EU quickly and effectively take decisions on issues of international security? There’s only one workable option: bring the heads of government together in a European Union Security […]
Events
De opmars van de regio’s: verdamping van de natiestaat?
Lunch debate with Prof.Dr. Luk Van Langenhove and former Minister-President Luc Van Den Brande and Marc Franco, Hon.Ambassador. Onze globaliserende wereld verkent zijn institutionele bedding. België is niet het enige […]
The Military Balance 2015
Egmont, the Royal Higher Institute for Defence and the International Institute for
American restraint, European responsibility?
Conference with Prof. Barry Posen (MIT). As the focus of American strategy is pivoting from Europa to Asia, the question is what the implications are for the European security architecture. […]
Security in Asia: facts and perceptions about the EU’s role
Asia is facing a great number of security challenges, traditional ones such as border disputes but also less traditional ones. Although some of these challenges can be addressed primarily and […]