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Why Belgium is not Europe’s jihadi base
International experts and journalists have resorted to Belgium-bashing and finger-pointing. They call Belgium a “failed state,” our police and intelligence services “incompetent.”
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International experts and journalists have resorted to Belgium-bashing and finger-pointing. They call Belgium a “failed state,” our police and intelligence services “incompetent.”
The EU’s effective multilateralism doctrine is hardly a defining characteristic of the international system of today. While established multilateral structures are far from reflective of the realities of the twenty-first […]
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After the attacks in Brussels, investing in Europe is the only answer: European intelligence, European defence, European democracy, says Sven Biscop.
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In this final articke in a five-part series on defence and the EU Global Strategy, Luis Simón argues that any European strategy must not neglect the geopolitically relevant spaces in between […]
In today’s world, cooperation and competition co-exist. The same powers that work against each other in one case, are working together in the other. Is a value-based EU foreign policy […]
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In this fourth contribution in a five-part series on defence and the EU Global Strategy, Alexander Mattelaer looks at transatlantic burden-sharing and European defence.
Building on the success of the firs ttwo think tank dialogues, this third event will focus on challenges and opportunities for promoting economic security and openness through the implementation of […]
With the creation of the European Defence Fund and the EU’s institutional transition, increasing attention is turning to the role of EU institutions such as the European Commission in steering […]
The Egmont Institute Education & Training Programme is enthusiastic to cooperate for the second time with the German Police Academy of Brühl (North Rhine Westphalia) in the initial training of […]
The international community has been concerned with the question of how to prevent violent extremism for some time. Although the term resilience is a key objective and an organising principle […]