The Strategic Compass: Entering the Fray
The Strategic Compass for the EU’s security and defence policy, to be adopted in 2022, must generate immediate action. The best way of ensuring that is to prepare new capability […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
Commentaries
Afghanistan: The End of a Strategic Distraction
The military intervention in Afghanistan was a near complete success. Or it would have been, had the US pulled out as soon as it was satisfied that its initial objective […]
Commentaries
Belgian Defence: Put your trust in people
On the eve of the National Day, Sven Biscop reflects on Belgian Defence: budget, capabilities, and above all, people. This article was also published in De Morgen. (Photo credit: […]
Update of the Strategic Vision 2030: Recommendations
The evolving security environment will demand more involvement and commitment from Belgian Defence, for which it is not yet sufficiently prepared. There is a need to develop a more proactive […]
Commentaries
The Strategic Committee on Belgian Defence: How to Read the Report
A band of hardliners with a shopping list: that is how we came across after the debate in the media and in the defence committee of the Belgian Federal Parliament […]
Commentaries
Biden and Europe, values and interests
Before his trip to Europe, President Biden spoke of its purpose as “rallying the democracies”. But international politics is not just a clash between the democrats and the dictators. Indeed, […]
Events
Belgium, Britain, and Europe: Future Security and Defence Cooperation
Belgium and the UK are facing significant challenges that have major implications for their approach to security policy and to international security cooperation. From terrorism to cyber-crime, illegal migration to […]
The Military Balance 2018
On the occasion of the publication of the The Military Balance 2018 of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS, London), Egmont has the pleasure of inviting you to an […]
Testing the Alliance: NATO and the U.S.-EU partnership in the Trump Era
This event, Testing the Alliance: NATO and the U.S.-EU partnership in the Trump Era, will examine the extraordinary state of affairs brought on by the Trump administration’s tough talk about NATO. A panel […]
Pakistan’s contribution to the war against terrorism
Programme 15.30 Registration 16.00 Introduction by Thomas RENARD, Senior Research Fellow, Egmont Institute Speech by His Excellency Mr. KHURRAM DASTGIR KHAN, […]