2014: a centenary and a discovery
It is almost as if engaging in war is easier than thinking about war. In the year of the commemoration of the First World War, Europe is facing several wars on its borders, and […]
Publications
New donors, new partners? EU strategic partnerships and development
Emerging powers play an increasingly central role in international development. Recognising this, the EU is seeking to strengthen discussion and collaboration on development with these powers through its strategic partnerships. […]
America’s global defence predicament – Why the Asia ‘rebalancing’ has little significance for European security
This paper argues that the Obama Administration’s Asia ‘pivot’ or ‘rebalancing’ is mainly a rhetorical construct that has very little substantive effect on US security policy. In contrast to the […]
Belgium and the miracle of European defence
In this article for the “National Perspectives and CSDP” special focus series on the blog European Geostrategy, Sven Biscop looks at Belgian involvement in the CSDP and its role in […]
Renewables: The great uncertainty of the EU energy strategy
For more than two decades, the development of renewable energy sources (RES) has been an important aim of EU energy policy. It accelerated with the adoption of a 1997 White Paper and […]
The (non)sense of eurozone level democracy
Many advocate increasing the legitimacy of the eurozone, yet practical measures remain scarce. This Egmont paper discusses one of the few concrete proposals: the creation of eurozone level democracy.