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NATO: Life after (Brain) Death
NATO is braindead, according to French President Macron. It could have been worse: he could have said that a certain important NATO leader is braindead (and more people would probably […]
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NATO is braindead, according to French President Macron. It could have been worse: he could have said that a certain important NATO leader is braindead (and more people would probably […]
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The 29 Heads of State and Government of NATO will hold a Leaders Meeting in London on 4 December. Note that it is only a “meeting” and not a regular […]
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As a Belgian, I welcome Britain into the club of countries whose domestic politics are a source of bemused entertainment for the rest of the world. I understand that as […]
The European security architecture does not resemble a Le Corbusier or Oscar Niemeyer design. It is not a neatly planned whole in which every component elegantly and effectively fulfils a […]
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The European Union and its Member States blame US President Donald Trump for withdrawing American troops from Northern Syria, thus paving the way for Turkey to send its armed forces […]
NATO’s nuclear-sharing arrangements often get bad press. This is remarkable given the fact that they have demonstrably contributed to (a) countering the proliferation of nuclear arsenals in Europe, (b) fostering […]
EU lunch meeting with Mr Jim Cloos, Deputy Director-General for General and Institutional Policy at the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers. The EU’s strategic agenda for the coming […]
Programme: Session 1: Short-term Turbulence? The election of a new UK government represents that latest stage in the unfolding Brexit process. Even with negotiations on a Withdrawal Agreement and Political […]
A group of professionals to the Intensive Programme of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs coming from the European Neighborhood Policy Countries, Central Asia and the Western Balkan visited the […]
Africa Lunch Meeting with Senior Researcher Dr. Øystein H. Rolandsen from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). In October 2019 the USA and its allies withdrew a large share of […]