Commentaries
The Belgian army: soon to be a gendarmerie?
Soldiers in the street are not the answer to terrorism, but if Belgium does not invest more in defence, that may be all its armed forces remain capable of.
Europe in the World
Publications
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXVI, Issue 4 (2013)
Articles Time to go home? The EU’s legacy and future options in Afghanistan by Edward Burke Identity as a framework for alternative regionalism? An examination of the organisation of Islamic […]
Commentaries
Get rid of reassurance
In this article, Sven Biscop makes a strong plea for Europeans to get rid of the mind-set of dependence and reassurance and to take charge of stabilising their own neighbourhood.
External publications
Still on the defensive: European military integration in 2015
In his contribution to the Jahresvorschau 2015 of the Austrian Ministry of Defence Sven Biscop looks forward to what 2015 might bring in terms of defence cooperation between Europeans.
Wales, to spur on European defence
In his contribution to this strategic dossier of the Institute de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM, Paris), Jo Coelmont outlines what NATO’s Wales Summit means for European defence.
The nuclear safety framework in the European Union after Fukushima
On 11 March 2011, a devastating earthquake struck Japan and caused a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The disaster confirmed that nuclear reactors must be protected even against […]