Commentaries
The EU and the Red Sea: Now This Is Geopolitics
The EU is preparing to launch a maritime operation to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by the Houthis from Yemen. A welcome and necessary decision; and […]
Europe in the World
Publications
China and Geopolitics as Ontology
Human beings are storytellers; stories form the cultural framework that gives sense to their behavior and existence. Nations, likewise, “are guided to act in certain ways, and not others, on […]
Commentaries
Beyond the Frontline Roar: Understanding Russia’s Societal Whispers
Last December, we published a paper highlighting that, even for Russia, time is not unlimited in the war in Ukraine. Beyond the facade of regained confidence and the retaking of […]
External publications
What Future European Defence and Technological Industrial Basis (EDTIB) Do We Want/Need? The Belgian case
Belgium pursues a deeply integrated European defence technological industrial base that can produce and sustain the full spectrum of conventional military capabilities at scale. This next step in European integration […]
Looking towards the North: Belgium’s Role in the Arctic
The Arctic region has re-emerged as an area of geostrategic importance and is attracting increasing attention from Belgium. Accelerating climate change has altered living conditions in the region. The prospect […]
Commentaries
Time and again, Europe experiences how China uses its Economic Power for Geopolitical Purposes
In Dubai, Europe proudly presented itself as the leading ambassador of the climate. Its objectives are globally among the most decisive and ambitious. Europe’s performance at the COP28, however, conceals […]