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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Part 1: The achievements of the last ten years -1.1. The accession negotiations: an overview -1.2. EU policies -1.3. Budgetary matters -1.4. Institutional matters -1.5. Conclusion Part 2: What must […]
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-The Commission’s propositions for the enlargement negotiations on agriculture, structural funds and the budget: an analysis, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens -La restructuration des forces armées belges: de la fin […]
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Christian Franck FOREWORD, Takako Ueta and Éric Remacle PREFACE, H.E. Takayuki Kimura I. INTRODUCTION -The Japan-EU joint declaration and its significance towars the future, Hisashi Owada II. ECONOMIC, TRADE […]
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-The Balkans at a juncture: a testimony for the united Europe, Adrian Nastase -Et après Nice?”, Philippe De Schoutheete -The Treaty of Nice: a watershed in the history of European […]
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Avant-propos, Claude Roosens, Mario Teló and Pierre Vercauteren -D’une souveraineté fictive à une post-souveraineté incertaine, Bertrand Badiethe -Governance of fragmegration: neither a world republic nor a global interstate system, James […]
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I. PRÉFACE, Françoise Massart-Piérard -Redimensionnement des relations internationales et francophonie, Françoise Massart-Piérard II. FORUM -Algérie et francophonie: le poids du passé, Amine Aït-Chaalal & Valérie-Barbara Rosoux -L’engagement de l’Egypte dans […]