An Arab springboard for EU foreign policy?
The EU has not been perceived as reacting very rapidly or effectively to the socalled Arab Spring. Events do validate the underpinning idea of the European Security Strategy and the […]
Europe in the World
Publications
Setting a standard for stakeholdership. Industry contribution to a strengthened biological and toxin weapons convention
(Photo credit: US Mission Geneva, Flickr)
High politics in the ‘Grand Area’ – Can Europeans have global impact in a multipolar age?
Can Europeans have global impact in a multipolar age?’. This snapshot examines the rise of ‘strategic partnerships’, the ‘Grand Area’ and the connexion between the two. It argues that through […]
Belgian defence policy: the fight goes on
The Coalition Agreement of the Di Rupo government comes at a moment when the international context can help overcome the dilemmas of Belgian defence policy: transformation
Afghanistan’s future: foreign and local solutions for a fought-over country
In this policy brief, Alain Hanssen looks at Afghanistan’s future through different national and international lenses. (Photo credit: EU EEAS, Flickr)
External publications
CSDP: the strategic perspective
Sven Biscop and Per M. Norheim-Martinsen contributed a chapter to a major new academic publication on CSDP, Explaining the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. Theory in action (Palgrave), Xymena […]