Commentaries
A Belgian army for European defence
Sven Biscop outlines a realistic but real ambition for the Belgian armed forces. The key though is long-term budgetary stability. This article is available in Dutch only. This commentary appeared […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
Time to think about a European Union operated airlift capability?
The European Council of June 2015 will assess concrete progress regarding its conclusions of December 2013 and provide further guidance in the most promising areas. This could be the right […]
Commentaries
Bluff poker of the Belgian Defense Staff?
In this article Jo Coelmont advocates the Belgian Defence staff is not playing any bluff poker as suggested in an article published earlier by the De Standard
Commentaries
CSDP: what is it good for?
Sven Biscop asks his readers to look back at and question the original raison d’être of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy.
The Arab spring in comparative perspective
Egmont’s Sven Biscop, with Stefan Borg (Swedish Institute of International Affairs), contributed the chapter on the role of the EU to this assessment of the Arab Spring, which was commissioned […]
Commentaries
CSDP: there is something there that was not there before
In the third concluding article in our “The CSDP: National Perspectives” series, Jo Coelmont argues that while ‘CSDP fatigue’ is in fashion a number of significant developments
Events
The Geopolitics of the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring, which has brought hope to a generation that has rejected authoritarianism and corruption, has affected, to a different degree, all countries of the Arab world. Internal political […]
The Global Peace Index 2014
The Institute for Economics and Peace was founded in 2007 by Mr Steve Killelea. The IEP is an international think tank dedicated to building a greater understanding of the interconnection […]
Defense and security. Between European Council and NATO summit
This event will critically look at the European views on NATO and CSDP. Between two major international meetings, panellists will raise questions about the future developments of these two defence […]
The state of defence in Europe: state of emergency?
In December 2013 the European Council will address, in the words of its President Herman Van Rompuy, the state of defence in Europe. The Institute for European Studies and Egmont […]