The European security strategy. Implementing a distinctive approach to security
Published by the Royal Defence College (IRSD-KHID), Brussels in Sécurité & Stratégie, Paper n°82, March 2004. (Photo credit: Defence Images, 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
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LVII: Issue 1 (2004): Globalization: who governs?
-Globalization, nation-states, transnational corporations, international organizations, and international governance: the dynamics of the new international economy, Robert Gilpin -Globalisation and Europeanisation: complementary and contradictory trends, Reimund Seidelmann -L’Europe et la […]
External publications
The European Security Strategy and the neighbourhood policy: A new starting point for a Euro-Mediterranean security partnership?
in Fulvio Attinà & Rosa Rossi (eds.), European Neighbourhood Policy: Political, Economic and Social Issues. Catania, University of Catania, 2004, pp. 25-36. (Photo credit: Pixabay)
The world is the stage: a global security strategy for the European Union
A security strategy is a policy-making tool which, on the basis of given values and interests, outlines long-term overall objectives to be achieved and the basic categories of instruments to […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LVI: Issue 6 (2003): China: which perspectives for an awakening giant?
-China’s peaceful rise? by Jing Men POLITICAL ASPECTS -Une relation sino-européenne basée sur la coopération stratégique, Yi Wang -China’s rise and Northeast Asian security, Jing Men and Gustaaf Geeraerts -Human […]
Een veilig Europa in een betere wereld: niet zonder een militaire arm
Ook een ‘civiele macht’ moet soms militaire middelen inzetten om bij te dragen aan een betere en veilige wereld voor iedereen. Die noodzakelijke militaire capaciteit kan de EU enkel uitbouwen […]