Europe Must Battle for the ‘Public Goods
in European Voice, 2-8 June 2005. (Photo credit: rockcohen, Flickr)
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
E Pluribus Unum? Military integration in the European Union
The adoption of the Headline Goal 2010 and the decision to create rapidly deployable ‘battlegroups’ are proof of the continued dynamism of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Yet, […]
Between al-Andalus and a failing integration Europe’s pursuit of a long-term counterterrorism strategy in the post-al-Qaeda era
“Now, in 2004, with Al Qaeda having risen and mostly fallen, the threats that US intelligence must monitor in the current decade have in a sense returned to what existed […]
Turkey and the European Union: The implications of a specific enlargement
Turkey has been an associate member of the EU since 1963 and an official candidate to EU membership since 1999. The European Council of December 2004 finally scheduled to open […]
External publications
The European Security Strategy and the neighbourhood policy: a new starting point for a Euro-Mediterranean security partnership?
On 12 December 2003 the European Council adopted the European Security Strategy, ‘A Secure Europe in a Better World’, the first ever common strategic vision of the Member States. The […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LVIII: Issue 1 (2005): Les nouvelles réglementations de l’audiovisuel en Belgique
-La réglementation audiovisuelle en Communauté française, F. Dehousse, Pierre Van Den Brule, Tania Zgajewski -La réglementation audiovisuelle en Communauté flamande, F. Dehousse, Pierre Van Den Brule, Tania Zgajewski