Commentaries
Biden’s Visit: Five Must-Do’s in Brussels
Trump’s approach to international organisations reminded one of Groucho Marx: “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member”. It was wise, therefore, to postpone the […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
External publications
Analysing the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy
In his contribution to the 4th edition of the CSDP Handbook, Sven Biscop analyses the genesis of EU strategy, from the “pre-strategic” days of the 1990s, to the European Security […]
Commentaries
De kanarie in de koolmijn van onze nationale veiligheid
De geloofwaardigheid van onze defensie kalft af. Los het gebrek aan werkingsmiddelen nu op en schuif het niet door naar een volgende regering. It was also published in French in […]
A new start for EU-US relations?
The election of President Biden was greeted by sighs of relief across Europe and offered the promise of a renewed relationship. The first hundred days in the office have been […]
Commentaries
Civil-Military Imbalance in the Sahel
In less than a year, the Sahel region has experienced two coups, one coup attempt and something that now looks like a ‘coup within a coup’, firmly putting civil-military relations […]
How the Strategic Compass can incubate a European prototype for burden sharing
Much ink has been spilled calling upon Europeans to do more for their defence in the context of the transatlantic relationship. “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything […]