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.
Europe in the World
In a world that is largely driven by competition and rivalry (and partnership, yet) between great powers, understanding the Grand Strategy of each of these powers is crucial. So is developing a Grand Strategy for the EU itself. An EU that acts as one, as one pole of the multipolar world on a par with the other powers, is the only way to safeguard the way of life that the Member States of the EU have chosen, based on democracy, the free market, and equality.
Power cannot be divided: a global player must have political, economic, as well as military power. To that end, the Europe in the World Programme analyses the diplomacy and defence of the US, China, and Russia, and of the EU, NATO, and their members. We also focus on geoeconomics, researching Open Strategic Autonomy and the Global Gateway as key EU instruments, as well as the geoeconomic approaches of the other powers.
Defence policy is our third main axis of research, with a particular focus on European defence and its interaction with NATO, but also on nuclear deterrence and the deterrence of hybrid threats. Throughout all three research axis, we devote special attention to the role of Belgium, including notably the development of its own National Security Strategy and diplomatic and military capabilities.
Publications
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. […]
External publications
Avoiding hazardous incidents in the EuroAtlantic area
On 21-22 September, in cooperation with Egmont, the European Leadership Network hosted a workshop in the Egmont Palace on managing hazardous incidents in the Euro-Atlantic area. The workshop, supported by […]
External publications
The EUGS: Realistic, but not too modest, please
Jo Coelmont contributed an article to a special issue of the journal The International Spectator on the new EU Global Strategy, as one of a set of reactions to an […]
The EU Global Strategy and Defence: The challenge of thinking strategically about means
Since strategy is about connecting ends, ways and means, the means constrain the ends.
External publications
Spearheading European defence
Sven Biscop contributed to a report from Egmont’s sister institute, the Netherlands Institute for International Relations Clingendael, which assesses to what extent the provisions that were introduced with the Lisbon Treaty […]