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 on YouTube. Every year the FPS Foreign Affairs, the Egmont Institute, the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, and Ghent University, organise a conference on Belgian foreign and […]
Webinaire selon la règle de Chatham House! Alors que la Commission européenne a publié le 23 septembre dernier son Nouveau Pacte sur la Migration et l’Asile, l’Institut Jacques Delors souhaite […]
The Egmont Institute has the pleasure to invite you to an Africa Lunch Meeting Webinar on 18 November with Loren B. Landau, Professor of Migration and Development at the University […]
The Egmont Education & Training team is proud to announce the upcoming “Introductory course to Belgium” for French-speaking diplomats who have recently arrived in Brussels. The course, which is an […]