Commentaries
No prevention without defence
If one does not prevent conflicts from escalating, one will have to suffer the consequences, as with the refugee crisis today. At given times military interventions are the indispensable catalyst […]
Commentaries
If one does not prevent conflicts from escalating, one will have to suffer the consequences, as with the refugee crisis today. At given times military interventions are the indispensable catalyst […]
Other publications
In this article, published in Global Affairs, the new journal of the European International Studies Association (which he co-edits), Sven Biscop proposes ideas on Europe’s military level of ambition and […]
Commentaries
The recent annual EU-Japan summit (29 May) confirmed progress in the parallel negotiations over a free trade and a political agreement. It also confirmed the EU’s willingness to deepen and […]
Is “hybrid” about to replace “comprehensive” as the favourite container notion of the Brussels foreign policy community? They might not be so different, in fact. Both a hybrid and a […]
Commentaries
During Prime Minister Abe’s state visit to Washington, Japan and the United States made international headlines after revealing renewed joint defence guidelines that no longer
Studia Diplomatica
Articles The growth of transatlantic security cooperation by Frédéric Mérand and Ruben Zaiotti A strategic assessment of NATO’s SMART defence and its implication for Canada by Ian Wood
— CANCELLED — Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) will discuss the UN’s role in counter-terrorism, and current terrorism […]
With: Dr. Bastian Giegerich, Director of Defence and Military Analysis Henry Boyd, Research Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis Nick Childs, Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security Meia […]
The CaMo partnership (Capacité Motorisée) between France and Belgium will see the total reequipment of the Belgian land forces through the acquisition of 382 Griffon multi-role armoured vehicles and 60 […]
The use of Security Force Assistance (SFA) is commonly perceived as a cost-efficient foreign policy tool. Training and equipping security forces in partner states are presented as a means to […]