American leadership and Grand Strategy in an age of complexity
Many voices challenge the values and norms of the international order. If the United States seeks to maintain a relative advantage over its rivals, the rules have to be rewritten […]
Many voices challenge the values and norms of the international order. If the United States seeks to maintain a relative advantage over its rivals, the rules have to be rewritten […]
On 22 January 2019, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel signed a new treaty on “Franco-German cooperation and integration” in Aachen. Complementing the 1963 Elysée Treaty which symbolized the reconciliation between […]
The EU-China economic relationship is transitioning to a new era. Years of soaring Chinese investments in Europe are increasingly met with unease by EU leaders. Beijing’s influence on the activities […]
The Foreign Affairs Council on 19 November 2018 agreed to launch the CARD (Coordinated Annual Review on Defence) as a standing activity aimed at offering a better overview at EU […]
Strategic autonomy: yes! But to do what exactly? To protect ourselves, or to protect others, outside Europe, as well? To protect ourselves by defeating the enemy on his own ground, […]
The commemorations of the Great War have come to and end. 2019 will see the centenary of the peace treaties that concluded the war, starting with Versailles, and of the […]
Egmont has the pleasure of inviting you to an evening conference on the occasion of the publication of Egmont Paper 75. With the author, Prof. Dr. Rik Coolsaet, Ghent University […]
Egmont, the Royal Higher Institute for Defence and the International Institute for
Conference with Prof. Barry Posen (MIT). As the focus of American strategy is pivoting from Europa to Asia, the question is what the implications are for the European security architecture. […]
Conference with Prof. Dr Jolyon Howorth (Yale) on the occasion of the publication of the second edition of his Palgrave book: Security and Defence Policy in the European Union.