Raiders of the lost art: strategy-making in Europe
Have Europeans lost the art of making grand strategy? In a reflection process initiated by Sweden, Poland, Italy and Spain, they are invited to rediscover it and draft a “European […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
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The UK and European Defence: leading or leaving?
The UK, with France, initiated the European, today Common, Security and Defence Policy (ESDP/CSDP) in 1998–9. A strong consensus on the need to address capability shortfalls, which the UK accepted […]
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Permanent structured cooperation light: less formal, not less necessary
The complex nature of the security challenges and the rampant global financial crisis has not left the realm of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) unaffected. Amidst these unstable conditions, […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXV, Issue 3 (2012)
– EU trade policy and the European Security Strategy. Speaking the same language in different worlds, Jan Orbie, Lotte Drieghe and Fabienne Bossuyt – A “force for good”? External images […]
The EU’s sanctions against Syria: conflict management by other means
Since May 2011, the EU has launched one of its most far reaching and sophisticated sanctions operations in support of the protests against the current regime in Syria. The present […]
Actualiteit Syrië: “Do something General!”
Op het ogenblik dat dit artikel wordt geschreven, lijkt de crisis in Syrië af te stevenen naar een zoveelste hoogtepunt. Er wordt gevochten in de hoofdstad Damascus en in Aleppo. […]
Events
Exchange of expertise in view of the presidency of the African Union by the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Early 2021, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will take over the rotating Presidency of the African Union (AU). At the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of […]
Strategic Autonomy and the European Defence Industry – POSTPONED
POSTPONED Conference on the strategic autonomy of the EU, with Pierre Delsaux (Deputy Director-General, DG Defence Industry and Space, European Commission), Lieutenant-General Rudy Debaene (National Armaments Director, Belgium), and Georges […]
Webinar: EU Industrial Policy and Recovery and Resilience Strategies
The recording of this event is available here. In March 2020 the European Commission adopted a series of initiatives in order to restore Europe’s leadership in industries that will be […]
Webinar: Belgium in the Security Council: experience after 20 months
With Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN in New York until July 2020 Under the United Nations Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility […]