Defense: and what will Europe do?
The debate about European defense tends to focus on the need to spend more and deploy more. One deceptively simple question is usually ignored: why? Americans seem to assume that […]
Publications
Wat weten we (niet) over het geweld in Oost-Congo?
in MO, 6 May 2013. Toen de rebellengroep M23 eind 2012 Goma en enkele omliggende steden en gemeenten innam, gingen internationaal alle alarmsignalen af. En toen de leider van M23, […]
Money for structural reforms in the Eurozone: making sense of contractual arrangements
Both the Commission’s proposal for a ‘Competitiveness and Convergence Instrument’ and the ‘contractual arrangement’ presented by President Van Rompuy share a common concept: associating EU money with national structural reforms […]
After the crisis: some thoughts on a global EU – or how to turn a crisis into regeneration
Good ideas sometimes spring out of crises. The European Union itself was ‘invented’ from a crisis, conceived in the rubble of the Second World War. It is less frequently recalled […]
Other publications
Q&A on EU-China relations
Discussion between Thomas Renard and CASS senior researcher Jiang Shixue on the future of the EU-China strategic partnership. See the publication here. (Photo credit: EEAS, Flickr)
Quelles solidarités pour surmonter la crise de la zone Euro?
Working Paper European Affairs Programme. La zone euro traverse depuis maintenant plusieurs années une crise économique à multiples facettes: crise bancaire, crise financière et crise des dettes souveraines. L’Europe se […]