EU training for civilian CSDP – which coherence?
This brief aims to assess the coherence of the training initiatives taken at the EU level in the field of the civilian dimension of the Common Security and Defence Policy […]
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
The emerging powers and the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime
In this Policy Brief, Tom Sauer looks at the ambivalent position of emerging powers vis-à-vis nuclear non-proliferation and what this eventually means for the EU. (Photo credit: NNSANews, Flickr)
Commentaries
EU foreign ministers should look to a grand strategy
This commentary details the major flaws of the EU so-called strategic partnerships and offers a set of recommendations to European Foreign Ministers, ahead of the Gymnich in Sopot, Poland. in […]
Books
Europe, strategy and armed forces – The making of a distinctive power
This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers. At the grand strategic level, […]
EU-China in the G20: convergences and divergences
This paper first gives a rapid history of the G20, focussing on a few recurrent themes, in order to possibly draw some lessons for EU-China cooperation in the forum. The […]
Europe deploys towards a civil-military strategy for CSDP
Why does Europe develop the military and civilian capabilities that it does? Why does it undertake the military and civilian operations that it does? And why in other cases does […]