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 […]
Presentation of Clingendael Security Paper No. 13 with Margriet Drent, Research Fellow at Clingendael, and Dick Zandee, Head of the Planning and Policy Unit of the European Defence Agency. Brig-Gen […]
Annual Forum to deal with the Union’s emerging politico-strategic agenda Report Forum 2010 (Photo credit: rockcohen, Flickr)
Conference with Pierre Lellouche, Secrétaire d’Etat français chargé des Affaires européennes Report (Photo credit: Slugger, Flickr)
Conference – Speech of Dr Jean Pascal Zanders – Speech of Ms Annalisa Giannella, Council of the EU | Summary, (Photo credit: Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Flickr)