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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.
In December 2013 the European Council will address, in the words of its President Herman Van Rompuy, the state of defence in Europe. The Institute for European Studies and Egmont […]
The European Security Strategy (ESS) is a milestone in the development of European strategic thought – need it be its terminus? To mark the 10th anniversary of its adoption by […]
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High Level conference with H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Speech of Minister Lavrov