The EU and China: partners in effective multilateralism?
In a way, both the European Union and China can be seen as new global strategic actors in the politico-military dimension of world affairs. While both, in view of their […]
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
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LIX:Issue 1 (2006): The foreign security policy of the European Union
Editorial, S. Biscop EU SECURITY POLICY AFTER 9/11 – GUEST-EDITOR GIOVANNA BONO – The impact of 11 September 2001 and the “War on Terror” on European Foreign and Security Policy; […]
Assessment of the cooperation between EU and Russia
The end of the critical period of the Cold War opened a new era of partnership betweenRussia and the EU. Russia is today a ‘strategic’ partner for the EU, but […]
Radicalisation and Europe’s counter-terrorism strategy
Europe did not wake up to terrorism on 9/11. Throughout its history, it has been experiencing all sorts of terrorisms, leftwing, rightwing, nationalist, social, religious. European counter-terrorism mechanisms date back […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LVIII: Issue 4 (2005)
-La mission de police de l’Union européenne en Bosnie-Herzégovine, un exemple d’instrument performant de gestion civile des crises, Arnaud Braem & Bruno Bilquin -L’avenir de l’OTAN, Dominique Struye -Contending with […]
UN reform and NATO transformation: the missing link
From NATO’s perspective, Kofi Annan’s report “In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All” at first sight seemed hardly relevant. In dealing with regional organizations, it nowhere […]