The EU and Taiwan: Normalizing the Status Quo
When I read Egmont colleague Sven Biscop’s My Summer in Beijing, I was just about to depart to a little-recognized political entity off the Chinese coast that – constitutionally, at […]
Publications
Self-defense Militia Groups in Niger: Risking a Time Bomb
With the encroachment of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) on areas along Niger’s western borders, the Bazoum government […]
Measuring the Unmeasurable: Indicators of Russian State Resilience
Twenty months into the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, what initially began as a highly mobile war has now transformed into a protracted battle of attrition—a grueling test of […]
The Nexus Approach: Bringing together climate, human security, and demographic change in times of permacrisis
The start of a new institutional cycle and the development of the European Council’s Strategic Agenda will raise concerns about the EU’s ability to respond to multiple problems in a more […]
“Cannon to Right of Them, Cannon to Left of Them”: Coping with War Around Europe
War over Nagorno-Karabakh, war over Palestine: there have, sadly, been many. Their direct impact on European and global security was mostly limited, but for the people on the ground they […]
Ten Years of Belt & Road – Quo Vadis?
A decade ago, President Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative. Promising large infrastructure projects, the initiative was welcomed by vastly underinvested countries all over the world. Also on […]