Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXVII, Issue 2 (2014)
Articles When “Good Enough” does not suffice. The impact of crisis on institutional change in European financial sector governance by Aneta B. Spendzharova and Esther Versluis Banking union in Europe […]
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
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXVII, Issue 1 (2014)
Articles Effective multilateralism revisited. The European Security Strategy ten years after, by Morten Knudsen The role of the inter-institutional agreements in the development of the European Parliament’s external competences, by […]
Books
Rising powers and multilateral institutions
Sven Biscop contributed the chapter on “Rising powers, rising Europe and the future of NATO” to this major new volume that analyses the impact of the rising powers
Commentaries
Judy Asks: Will Hybrid Warfare Defeat Europe?
Jo Coelmont answers a question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Commentaries
Will the foreign fighters issue ever end?
Rik Coolsaet questions the supposed socio-economic root causes of the phenomenon of foreign fighters. This commentary appeared in European Geostrategy on 19 April 2015.
Commentaries
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 […]