Is Putin Winning, or Is He Trying not to Lose?
Nobody is in doubt, if anybody ever was, that Russia remains a great power. That much the tense stand-off over Ukraine has demonstrated. Whether President Putin’s moves have earned Russia […]
Nobody is in doubt, if anybody ever was, that Russia remains a great power. That much the tense stand-off over Ukraine has demonstrated. Whether President Putin’s moves have earned Russia […]
The Arctic region is undergoing dramatic changes with multiple implications for the region and well-beyond, with profound geo-economic and geopolitical consequences. These major developments and especially the gravity of climate […]
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In Eastern Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for war. The European countries should strengthen their deterrence capacity and put an end to their dependence on Russian gas. *****
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The Belgian position on nuclear policy questions is generally framed as a dual track approach combining credible deterrence with the pursuit of détente. This harks back to the Harmel report […]
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One dimension of strategic autonomy has been firmly decided upon since the EU created its Common Security and Defence Policy in 1999: the projection of military force outside the borders […]
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The last twenty years have brought about a significant increase in the awareness of war practices that harm women, including rape and sexual abuse. However, focusing on women alone is […]
POSTPONED Conference on the strategic autonomy of the EU, with Pierre Delsaux (Deputy Director-General, DG Defence Industry and Space, European Commission), Lieutenant-General Rudy Debaene (National Armaments Director, Belgium), and Georges […]
The recording of this event is available here. In March 2020 the European Commission adopted a series of initiatives in order to restore Europe’s leadership in industries that will be […]
If you wish to see again the keynotes, roundtables and workshops delivered during this Conference, you can watch them all on demand! Click here. As part of the European […]
This integrated course on request of MFA is regularly organized by the Egmont Institute with support of the Belgian Federal Police and the Ministry of Justice. It aims at consolidating […]