Commentaries
Civil-Military Imbalance in the Sahel
In less than a year, the Sahel region has experienced two coups, one coup attempt and something that now looks like a ‘coup within a coup’, firmly putting civil-military relations […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
How the Strategic Compass can incubate a European prototype for burden sharing
Much ink has been spilled calling upon Europeans to do more for their defence in the context of the transatlantic relationship. “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything […]
What Belgium Can Do: Proposals for the National Security Strategy
Belgium has never had a National Security Strategy: a single strategic vision outlining how to safeguard its national interests from external threats and challenges and to prevent the exploitation of […]
The Lonely Strategist: Who but the High Representative and the EEAS Cares About the EU Global Strategy?
EU Member States have agreed on a grand strategy, the 2016 Global Strategy (EUGS). However, the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), where Member States define the EU’s foreign, security and defence […]
Commentaries
Biden, NATO and the EU: Who Deals With China, and Who With Russia?
NATO is a unique alliance – not only because of its longevity (it turns 72 this year) and its bloodless victory in the Cold War (since its opponent crumbled from […]
Toward a meaningful metric: replacing NATO’s 2% defence spending target
The confluence of Joe Biden’s election to the White House, the likely ramifications of the pandemic for defence budgets, and unfolding EU and NATO strategic reflection processes offers a window […]
Events
What drives Europeans to Syria, and to IS? Insights from the Belgian case
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 […]
The Military Balance 2015
Egmont, the Royal Higher Institute for Defence and the International Institute for
American restraint, European responsibility?
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. […]
Security and Defence Policy in the European Union
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.