The 2010 Belgian EU presidency and CSDP
Col. Johan Andries, Head of the Presidency Task Force of Belgian Defence, takes stock of the Presidency. (Photo credit: EP, Flickr )
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
Libya and the post-American world: implications for the EU
This Security Policy Brief looks at the vote on the UNSC resolution on Libya and tries to see in it some signs of the new international order in the making.Why […]
Mayhem in the Mediterranean: three strategic lessons for Europe
The crisis in Libya is a textbook example of a situation in which Europe, through the European Union, should have taken the lead and proved that it is an actor […]
External publications
Global Europe: an emerging strategic actor
There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in European Security Since the Fall […]
External publications
The strategic union: rising to the multipolar challenge
It’s all very well saying the EU’s great strength lies in its capacity to speak with one voice on international affairs, argue Thomas Renard and Sven Biscop, but to what […]
Upgrading the EU’s role as global actor
This Commentary argues that the EU should build up a world-class diplomatic corps, capable of becoming a major actor in global affairs. This paper is the summary of a book […]