Actualiteit Syrië: “Do something General!”
Op het ogenblik dat dit artikel wordt geschreven, lijkt de crisis in Syrië af te stevenen naar een zoveelste hoogtepunt. Er wordt gevochten in de hoofdstad Damascus en in Aleppo. […]
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
Interview with Sven Biscop on EU grand strategy
in Ideas on Europe – European Geostrategy, 26 Aug. 2012. (Photo credit: ALDE-ADLE)
External publications
The EU and its strategic partners: a critical assessment of the EU’s strategic partnerships
This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. In the two […]
Books
Routledge Handbook of European Security
The emergence of new powers fundamentally questions the traditional views on international relations, multilateralism or security as a range of countries now competes for regional and global leadership – economically, […]
The EU-Russia summit in St. Petersburg: Another ‘new’ beginning?
The relationship between the EU and Russia – the ‘strategic partnership’, as it has been called – is of clear geopolitical and economic importance. The EU and Russia are the […]
The EU-Russia partnership: a new context
The EU–Russia summit that took place on June 4 in St Petersburg met expectations for two reasons. Firstly, expectations prior to the summit were low: nobody was under any illusion […]