External publications
The EUGS: Realistic, but not too modest, please
Jo Coelmont contributed an article to a special issue of the journal The International Spectator on the new EU Global Strategy, as one of a set of reactions to an […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
The EU Global Strategy and Defence: The challenge of thinking strategically about means
Since strategy is about connecting ends, ways and means, the means constrain the ends.
External publications
Spearheading European defence
Sven Biscop contributed to a report from Egmont’s sister institute, the Netherlands Institute for International Relations Clingendael, which assesses to what extent the provisions that were introduced with the Lisbon Treaty […]
External publications
An ambitious defence follow-up for an ambitious EUGS
In a contribution to the latest issue of “Defence Matters”, the magazine of the European Defence Agency, Sven Biscop sets out his views on what the EU Global Strategy entails […]
All or nothing? European and British strategic autonomy after the Brexit
Does it make sense to announce a quest for strategic autonomy, in the new EU Global Strategy, just as the UK voted for Brexit? Sven Biscop argues that the European […]
Commentaries
Is terrorism contagious?
The multiplication of terrorist attacks in Europe over the past few months raises questions with regard to the diffusion of terrorism. This commentary argues that the Islamic State aims indeed […]