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What does Rwanda want in the DRC?
The latest report from the UN Group of Experts documents an important level of engagement from Rwanda in the ongoing conflict in East-Congo, which has been going on for 2.5 […]
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Publications
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No Time to Waste in Rebuilding the Belgian Armed Forces
The voters have dealt the cards. Now it is up to the winning parties from both parts of the country to negotiate a federal government. In 2020, Belgium almost broke […]
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Protect, Strengthen, Prepare: Deterrence through Awareness, the Benefits of Implicit Attribution
To counter the increasingly aggressive hybrid campaign raging on their soil, the EU and its members states are grappling with the challenge to develop efficient instruments to counter this elusive […]
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Not Another Geopolitical Commission, Please!
As the European Council is about to entrust Ursula von der Leyen with a second term as President of the European Commission (still to be confirmed by the European Parliament), […]
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The EU Ukraine Liberty Bond: Using the Whole of the €300 billion in Russian Assets in the EU Now
The EU has been debating how best to use the roughly €300 billion of Russian assets that are in EU jurisdictions to fund Ukraine-related expenditure. In the end, only the income […]
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Security Collaboration between Europe and Africa in an Age of Amorality and Impunity
A Global Power Competition drives different trends, two of which affect not only relations between global powers, but which colour current international relations more broadly: amorality and impunity. *****