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Why Belgium is not Europe’s jihadi base
International experts and journalists have resorted to Belgium-bashing and finger-pointing. They call Belgium a “failed state,” our police and intelligence services “incompetent.”
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International experts and journalists have resorted to Belgium-bashing and finger-pointing. They call Belgium a “failed state,” our police and intelligence services “incompetent.”
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After the attacks in Brussels, investing in Europe is the only answer: European intelligence, European defence, European democracy, says Sven Biscop.
Thousands of young Europeans have gone to fight in the Levant, the fourth wave of jihadi foreign fighters since the 1980s. Their decision is rooted in a ‘no future’ subculture […]
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The terrorist attacks in Paris, on 13 November, and the unprecedented terror alert in Brussels over the past days have raised a number of interrogations, in Europe and beyond, on […]
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Brussels woke up with a terror hangover this Monday morning. The threat level remains at its highest level (level 4),
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 […]
Speakers include: Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert, University of Warwick Dr Petter Nesser, FFI Dr Joana Cook, ICSR Charlie Winter, ICSR Thomas Renard, Egmont Institute Dr Magnus Ranstorp, SDU Dr Shiraz […]
It has become common to point out the connections that exist between criminality and terrorism. In Belgium, like elsewhere, we have witnessed petty criminals (as well as grand bandits) joining […]
Foreigners who fight in the civil war in Syria are often perceived either as a threat to global security or as a quaint object of curiosity. By examining previous instances […]
Programme 15.30 Registration 16.00 Introduction by Thomas RENARD, Senior Research Fellow, Egmont Institute Speech by His Excellency Mr. KHURRAM DASTGIR KHAN, […]