After the recent escalation of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia-backed separatist forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh – the bloodiest and most wide-ranging for the last 22 years – […]
This article has been published in The European Union in the fog. Building Bridges Between National Perspectives on the European Union. Edited by Vivien Pertusot. The Building Bridges project looks […]
This collective endeavour, published by the EU Institute for Security Studies, outlines five possible future scenarios for European defence. The aim is to develop plausible and coherent descriptions of what […]
The attacks in Paris and Brussels demonstrate a strategic shift for ISIS. Instead of focussing narrowly on territorial conquest in Syria/Iraq, the group has centrally and carefully planned a terror campaign […]
As Europe confronts a rapidly deteriorating security environment, policy-makers are turning to their elite soldiers to save the day. This Security Policy Brief makes the case for setting up a Special Operations Command within […]
After the Brussels attacks, the country is longing for a positive message. Can a conference of all Belgian democratic parties forge an optimist narrative for the Kingdom, asks Sven Biscop.