Has Trump reshuffled the cards for Europe?
“I think NATO may be obsolete”. When Donald Trump, the next President of the United States, spoke these words during the campaign, he most likely had only a vague idea […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
Commentaries
Uncertain reform call meets structural rigidities: The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in 2016
Christian Deubner assesses how a strengthened and more binding integration of the external security and defence policies of the EU Member States could improve their security in the Union’s more dangerous […]
Commentaries
Construct European Defence in Brussels
Now that a window of opportunity seems to exist to move from defence cooperation to defence integration in Europe, Belgium especially should push hard in order not to waste the […]
External publications
After the EU Global Strategy – Consulting the experts – Security and defence
Jo Coelmont and Sven Biscop were among the experts consulted by the EU Institute for Security Studies on the military implications of the EU Global Strategy.
Counterterrorism in Belgium: Key challenges and policy options
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris (November 2015) and Brussels (March 2016), Belgium’s counterterrorism policy has been heavily criticized – domestically and worldwide.
External publications
All or Nothing? The EU Global Strategy and Defence Policy after the Brexit
Sven Biscop contributed an article to a special issue of the journal Contemporary Security Policy on the new EU Global Strategy. Among the other articles is a contribution by Dr. […]