Commentaries
Will Trump’s decision on Iran end Europe’s servility?
If anyone doubted the need for an autonomous European foreign policy, Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Iran nuclear deal must have convinced them. The EU and […]
Commentaries
If anyone doubted the need for an autonomous European foreign policy, Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Iran nuclear deal must have convinced them. The EU and […]
En activant la Coopération structurée permanente (CSP, mieux connue sous le sigle anglais PESCO), la France, avec l’Allemagne, a repris sonrôle moteur de l’Europe de la défense. Va-t-elle le soutenir […]
The terrorist threat remained critical in Western Europe throughout 2017 and continued to be dominated by jihadi terrorism. 16 attacks struck eight different countries, while more than 30 plots were foiled. This […]
The Belgian defence budget for 2018 increases by a factor of 4.7 in commitment credits. Not only does this allow for offsetting the significant investment shortfalls of the previous years, […]
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Good news: the US and, in its wake, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, are getting concerned about the EU’s defence plans. Those should not lead to a duplication of NATO, nor […]
The 100th Egmont Paper deals with an issue that, unfortunately, provides little cause for celebration: the impact of Brexit on European diplomacy and defence. Unless, as Sven Biscop argues, a […]
Book presentation. More info on the book (Photo credit: soldiermediacenter, EveryStockPhoto)
High Level conference with His Excellency Mr. Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
As Western powers contemplate armed intervention in Syria, their proficiency in translating raw military power into political effect is key. Can past experience in designing multinational campaigns still teach us […]
Speech by Francis Delon (Photo credit: soldiermediacenter, EveryStockPhoto)