A new EU-Russia agreement: legal and political aspects
in The EU-Russia Review, Issue Two, Nov. 2006, Editor Fraser Cameron. This second issue of the EU-Russia Centre Review is devoted to the future of EU-Russia relations. There is hardly […]
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.
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Eb en vloed in 60 jaar Nederlands-Belgische betrekkingen
De diagnose is al vaak gesteld: België en Nederland hebben een curieuze relatie. Er is veel dat hen samenbrengt: twee kleine/middelgrote staten aan de Noordzee, in de noordwestelijke hoek van […]
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De Europese veiligheidsstrategie twee jaar later. Eerste balans van een integratieproject
De aanvaarding van de Europese Veiligheidsstrategie (EVS), Een veiliger Europa in een betere wereld, door de Europese Raad op 12 december 2003 was een grote stap voor de EU, maar […]
External publications
Effective multilateralism and collective security: empowering the UN
in Katie Verlin Laatikainen & Karen E. Smith (eds.), The European Union at the United Nations. Intersecting Multilateralisms, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 2006, pp. 115-132. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Strategy or stratagem? The European Security Strategy in perspective
The adoption of the European Security Strategy (ESS), A Secure Europe in a Better World, by the European Council on 12 December 2003 was a major step for the EU, […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LIX:Issue 2 (2006): The EU’s Eastern neighbourhood; Peace and Justice; Articles
THE EU’s EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOOD -For better or for worse: the EU’s embrace of European Partnership Agreements, F. Van Den Berghe -European Union’s Capacity to absorb Turkey, S. Andoura -The role […]