Like other regions of the world, the EU is developing biofuels in the transport sector to reduce oil consumption and mitigate climate change. To promote them, it has adopted favourable […]
Cardiff has the potential to turn into a “great meeting”, if the focus is on forging a new and attractive narrative to underpin a solid transatlantic security relationship, in which […]
The EU-Brazil strategic partnership on international development had delivered little. Limited commitment and operational constraints have so far undermined high-level pledges to undertake trilateral cooperation. Brazil and the EU often
Commentaries
In this article, Sven Biscop places the present crisis in Iraq in its regional context and argues that while Iraq was not initially Europe’s war the continent has a stake […]
Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and subsequent meddling in Ukraine does not constitute a game-changer. It is just a reminder that at least since the war with Georgia in 2008 […]
Cyber-security and cyber-governance are increasingly shaping the international agenda, not least in the aftermath of the Snowden revelations and various cases of cyber-attacks from China and Russia.
The EU went into the year 2022 with a security crisis on its eastern flank, as a result (once more) of Russia’s aggressive pursuit of a sphere of interest. Simultaneously, […]
On 1 December 2021, the National Security Council adopted Belgium’s first National Security Strategy (NSS). During the drafting process, Egmont, at the request of the Strategic Committee for Intelligence and […]
The traditional annual joint training on Civilian Crisis Management will be reconveyed for a two-week training from November 15 to 26 as a way of fostering and sharing a comprehensive […]
A new session of the Belgian Generic Training (BGT) will take place at the Egmont Palace from October 14 to 25 for 7 candidates selected by the MFA, the Federal […]