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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

Events

European Strategy in the 21st Century
Conference on the occasion of the publication of the book under the same title by Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop (Egmont & Ghent University) With the author, Prof. Dr. Jolyon Howorth […]

Japan, the US and the Indo-Pacific

On invitation only

The lecture will be given by Professor Tomonori YOSHIZAKI, Director of Policy Simulation at The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Political values in Europe-China relations
Political values have long informed the ways in which many European states and the EU itself approach China. But the way in which these values – in particular democracy, human […]