Alexander Mattelaer

Biography

Dr Alexander Mattelaer is a Senior Research Fellow at Egmont – the Royal Institute for International Relations - and a Professor in International Security at the VUB Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS). He is currently seconded to the Belgian Ministry of Defence, where he serves as Defence Policy Director.* Earlier he completed visiting stays at Harvard University, the College of Europe, and the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University in Washington DC. He also served as chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Higher Institute for Defence, the hub of Belgian defence R&T policy and senior officer education.

(*The views expressed in his writings are solely his own, and do not constitute, nor should be construed as, an endorsement by the Belgian Ministry of Defence.)

Publications

• Readiness as a Mission: Implications for Belgian Defence Security Policy Briefs (7-10-2021)
• Update of the Strategic Vision 2030: Recommendations External publications (30-06-2021)
• De kanarie in de koolmijn van onze nationale veiligheid Commentaries (1-06-2021)
• Back in Fashion? The resurgence of bilateral diplomacy in Europe External publications (7-04-2021)
• Dealing with Russia: Towards a coherent Belgian policy Egmont papers (3-12-2020)
• EU must stand up for jailed Iranian scholar Ahmadreza Djalali Commentaries (1-12-2020)
• The EU’s strategic compass and its four baskets External publications (13-11-2020)
• (Nuclear) sharing is caring. European views on NATO nuclear deterrence and the German nuclear sharing debate External publications (30-06-2020)
• The geographically asymmetric impact of Brexit External publications (17-06-2020)
• Belgium must aim for a strong government Commentaries (2-04-2020)
• The 2019 UK General Election: towards a Brexit catharsis? European Policy Briefs (10-12-2019)
• Articulating the logic of nuclear-sharing Security Policy Briefs (2-10-2019)
• Nuclear weapons in Belgium: calls for disarmament need to consider the impact on national security Commentaries (17-07-2019)
• Fostering Belgo-German connectivity in the heart of Europe European Policy Briefs (29-04-2019)
• The resurgence of bilateral diplomacy in Europe Egmont papers (29-01-2019)
• Endorsing Brexit or preparing for ‘No Deal’? A Belgian perspective European Policy Briefs (29-11-2018)
• Why the F 35 represents a strategic choice for Belgium Commentaries (26-10-2018)
• F-35 best choice for national security strategy Commentaries (26-10-2018)
• Le lien transatlantique, la prospérité de la Belgique et la cohésion européenne : une synthèse Commentaries (25-09-2018)
• De trans-Atlantische relatie, Belgische welvaart en Europese cohesie: een synthese Commentaries (25-09-2018)