Brazil and the EU: between balancing and bandwagoning
If relations between India and the European Union (EU) are a marriage of convenience, Brazil and the EU seem like a long-standing couple. The two partners continue to share strong […]
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
EU grand strategy: optimism is mandatory
The Arab Spring, the American pivot, and the global crisis: these affect all of EU external action, but also present opportunities for EU action. A debate on grand strategy remains […]
CSDP and NATO post-Libya: towards the rubicon?
In the wake of Libya and the American pivot to Asia, CSDP-NATO relations must be recalibrated. The buzz word for CSDP should be: integrated through the EU and empowered through […]
Why EU strategic partnerships matter ?
The pursuit of so-called strategic partnerships between the EU and a selected range of important countries owes less to a clear-sighted masterplan than to the travails of the EU to […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXV, Issue 2 (2012): The Quest for Convergence
-The quest for convergence. Policy transfer in an interconnected world, Nienke de Deugd and Gerda van Roozendaal -Is the European Union capable of leadership in global climate change politics?, Menno […]
Commentaries
A strategic Union to cope with the multipolar challenge
How can Europe cope with the multipolar challenge? Europe must act collectively in order to “punch its weight” on the global stage, as it is often said. The empowerment of […]