Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXIV, Issue 2 (2011)
– The EU’s comprehensive approach to security: a culture of co-ordination?, Magriet Drent – The EU, NATO and the Lisbon Treaty: still divided within a common city, Simon Duke – […]
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
Commentaries
The treachery of strategies
This short blog entry reviews the EU’s development and implementation of its so-called ‘strategic partnerships’. It summarizes the main findings of Egmont Paper 45.
The European Union: time to further peace and justice
The EU has become increasingly engaged in peace processes, which is welcome. This engagement has often been through the European Union Special Representatives (EUSRs), and had tended to be ad […]
Commentaries
A long term-strategy for Libya and the Mediterranean: over to the European Union
in The New Atlanticist, 3 Oct. 2011. (Photo credit: Burmesedays, Wikimedia Commons)
Improvisatie enkel goed voor sensatie: eerst lessen na een week Libië
in De Standaard, 26 March 2011. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Van Lissabon tot Lissabon: het debat over EU-Navo draait nog een rondje
De PDF van dit artikel is met toestemming van de redactie overgenomen uit de Internationale Spectator, maandblad voor Internationale politiek, uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Van Gorcum te Assen namens het […]