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“What should the EU do?” This is how most, if not all, policymakers in the Belgian foreign ministry react when a crisis occurs in, say, Ukraine or Syria. But as […]
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“What should the EU do?” This is how most, if not all, policymakers in the Belgian foreign ministry react when a crisis occurs in, say, Ukraine or Syria. But as […]
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As China announced the launch of its new development bank, the AIIB, the lack of debate in many EU capitals – and at the EU level itself – was particularly striking. Is […]
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Sven Biscop outlines how we should think about strategy in the context of a forthcoming reflection on a new strategy for EU foreign policy.
China will launch a new development bank for Asia later this year, called the AIIB. 58 countries worldwide have already applied to become founding members, including numerous Western nations.
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Sven Biscop outlines a realistic but real ambition for the Belgian armed forces. The key though is long-term budgetary stability. This article is available in Dutch only. This commentary appeared […]
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Sven Biscop asks his readers to look back at and question the original raison d’être of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy.
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 […]