Female peacekeepers’ added burden
Twenty years since the adoption of UNSC 1325 there is an almost unanimous call for an increased number of uniformed women in peace operations from policy makers and multilateral organizations. […]
Asia-Pacific
Publications
New pact on migration: a balanced proposal to be further enhanced
Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, has been credited with the idea according to which the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen has three key tasks facing […]
Commentaries
Use connectivity to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the EU’s neighbourhood
To strengthen multilateralism in their own neighbourhood, Germany and the EU should pursue connectivity strategies with their Eastern and Southern neighbours. These could create the links between the EU’s neighbours […]
Remolding China’s ‘empty’ Belt and Road Initiative – An opportunity for the EU
China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been subject to ample scrutiny since its inception in 2013. Practical results could be said to be severely lacking in contrast to […]
External publications
After Covid-19: Economic security in EU-Asia connectivity
Globalization is not dead. But we will not go back to the world that was, where security and resilience to economic interdependence was an afterthought. In this new era, economic […]
Commentaries
The Belt and Road Initiative. Foreword: Connectivity with Consent
In Brussels too, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on every-body’s lips. On 27 September 2019, Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe and outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker openedthe first EU-Asia […]