The future of Belgian defence: horizon 2030
The Belgian Minister of Defence, Steven Vandeput, appointed a 14-member “wise pen team” to reflect on the future of the Belgian armed forces. All contributions, including that of Sven Biscop,
The Belgian Minister of Defence, Steven Vandeput, appointed a 14-member “wise pen team” to reflect on the future of the Belgian armed forces. All contributions, including that of Sven Biscop,
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In this article Sven Biscop argues that it is futile to put troops on the streets of European capitals when the real battle against ISIS needs to be fought at […]
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This short commentary draws some parallels between the Ukrainian crisis today and the Iraqi intervention in 2003, notably with regard to internal European divisions and the need for a ‘strategic […]
Is the world becoming multipolar or will it remain unipolar? Analysts disagree, but it might be that this does not matter too much and that we better skip polarity terminology altogether.
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In this article, Sven Biscop argues that Ukraine should not be armed by Western powers for fear of escalating the crisis. He makes a plea for a diplomatic resolution to […]
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Daniel Fiott draws conclusions from the lecture series on the future of European geostrategy, which Egmont and the Institute for European Studies of the VUB organized last fall. All 10 […]
Watch the recording of the webinar on Youtube The Egmont Institute, the European Policy Centre and the Jacques Delors Institute are delighted to invite you to this online Policy […]
After a year of interruption, the Belgian Generic Training (BGT) was organized from June 14 to 25 for 19 candidates from the MFA, the Federal Police and a pool of […]
Watch the recording of the webinar on Youtube En septembre 2021 auront lieu les commémorations du vingtième anniversaire du 11-Septembre. Les Etats-Unis semblent décidés à clore la parenthèse de […]
The Education & Training Programme was proud to launch a 10 half-day online Advanced Training course to the attention of 11 mid-career Palestinian diplomats based in Ramallah. This training is […]