Commentaries
The Coffee Machine
A few years ago we acquired a shiny new coffee machine for the common room at the Egmont Institute. A beautiful piece of equipment, which produces a truly impressive noise […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
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No Time to Waste in Rebuilding the Belgian Armed Forces
The voters have dealt the cards. Now it is up to the winning parties from both parts of the country to negotiate a federal government. In 2020, Belgium almost broke […]
Back to the Future: Applying Cold War Wisdom to Modern Belgian Defence
Dust off the Cold War files that are lying under mounds of dust in the archives of our European Defence chancelleries. Bring back willing retired officers to share their knowledge […]
Commentaries
Protect, Strengthen, Prepare: Deterrence through Awareness, the Benefits of Implicit Attribution
To counter the increasingly aggressive hybrid campaign raging on their soil, the EU and its members states are grappling with the challenge to develop efficient instruments to counter this elusive […]
Georgia at a Crossroads: An Increasingly Illiberal Domestic Policy is Becoming an Obstacle to EU Accession
Georgia faces a defining moment. The recent adoption of a Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, modelled on Russian legislation, clashes with Georgia’s goal of EU accession. The law allows […]
Commentaries
Not Another Geopolitical Commission, Please!
As the European Council is about to entrust Ursula von der Leyen with a second term as President of the European Commission (still to be confirmed by the European Parliament), […]