Commentaries
The Windsor Framework
What does the Windsor Framework mean for the post-Brexit negotiations and what might happen next? It is time for grown-up discussion to replace lies and deceit. *****
European Affairs
Publications
The CRM Act in a global perspective
Minerals are essential building blocks for clean energy technologies. As the renewable energy industry will grow, demand for minerals will increase accordingly. A 2020 World Bank Report found that the […]
External publications
Who is afraid of the Inflation Reduction Act?
At their 9 February meeting in Brussels, European leaders discussed how to respond to US President Joe Biden’s latest climate bill. The EU new strategic industrial policy and European Commission […]
External publications
The Like-Minded, The Willing… and The Belgians: Arctic Scientific Cooperation after February 24 2022
Since the escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine in February 2022, Arctic scientific cooperation at the institutional level among the eight Arctic states has halted. However, the need for a […]
Preparing for Belgium’s Thirteenth Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The six months’ rotating presidency of the Council dates from the beginning of the European Economic Community. Belgium was the first to hold it, in the first half of 1958. […]
Commentaries
Migration Policy On Autopilot
After a prolonged absence since 2019, except for specific references to the instrumentalization by Belarus and above all the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine who benefited from temporary protection, […]