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Rather no government of technocrats
The “De Morgen” Newspaper chose Sven Biscop as defence minister in a hypothetical government of technocrats for Belgium. But Belgian and EU policy needs to become more political, not more […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
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Half a grand strategy is not enough
Sven Biscop points out that the EU is caught between member states that do not have a strategy and those that do but who do not have the means to […]
Commentaries
Letter from Brussels
“What should the EU do?” This is how most, if not all, policymakers in the Belgian foreign ministry react when a crisis occurs in, say, Ukraine or Syria. But as […]
Commentaries
To join or not to join: The AIIB and the EU’s dilemma
As China announced the launch of its new development bank, the AIIB, the lack of debate in many EU capitals – and at the EU level itself – was particularly striking. Is […]
Commentaries
Strategy: what is it good for?
Sven Biscop outlines how we should think about strategy in the context of a forthcoming reflection on a new strategy for EU foreign policy.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): China’s new multilateralism and the erosion of the West
China will launch a new development bank for Asia later this year, called the AIIB. 58 countries worldwide have already applied to become founding members, including numerous Western nations.