Commentaries
Nasty weather conditions for NATO’s 2019 leaders meeting
The 29 Heads of State and Government of NATO will hold a Leaders Meeting in London on 4 December. Note that it is only a “meeting” and not a regular […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
The EU or NATO: That is not the question
The European security architecture does not resemble a Le Corbusier or Oscar Niemeyer design. It is not a neatly planned whole in which every component elegantly and effectively fulfils a […]
Commentaries
Turkey and Syria: absent a European strategy, blame Trump
The European Union and its Member States blame US President Donald Trump for withdrawing American troops from Northern Syria, thus paving the way for Turkey to send its armed forces […]
Commentaries
Connectivity with Consent: The EU in Eurasia
On 27 September 2019, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker opened the first EU-Asia Connectivity Forum by signing a partnership on sustainable connectivity. This marks […]
Commentaries
A geopolitical European Commission: a powerful strategy?
The “geopolitical commission” that President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced implies, most importantly, that the EU has to adapt to a world of great powers. As the new EU leadership […]
Commentaries
Commentary: An EU Security Council and a European Commissioner for Security and Defence: the final pieces of the Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy puzzle?
These last few years the EU has taken considerable steps to give more substance to its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Nearly all the pieces of the puzzle are […]
Events
Annual meeting of Alumni of the European Security & Defence College ESDC
This fourth Alumni Seminar is hosted by the Egmont Institute. For the report, click here.
The Military Balance 2016
On the occasion of the publication of the annual Military Balance by the IISS, we have the pleasure of inviting you to an evening conference with Dr Bastian Giegerich, Director […]
Book launch: Peace without money, war without Americans. Can European strategy cope?
On the occasion of the publication of Peace without money, war without Americans. Can European strategy cope? by Professor Sven Biscop, Egmont has the pleasure of inviting you to an evening conference
Milestone or Maelstrom? European Defence and the 2015 Summit
Given the Ukraine crisis, Russia’s resurgence and the burning crises in the South there has never been a more urgent time to discuss European defence. Yet in the face of […]