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How will the coronavirus epidemic impact the European Union?
Conversation with Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont These blog articles were first published in Centre for Geopolitics. Read the full text below.
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How the indiscriminate virus reinforced our inequalities and the lessons we can draw from this when it is all over
The Corona pandemic is changing the way we live and function as a society for at least the coming weeks or months. While it is a virus that does not […]
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What the Coronavirus will not change
Having now twice spoken to my laptop for an hour and a half, I am quite sure that there is one thing that the corona crisis will not change: when […]
Will a European Security Council bring strategic relevance?
How can the EU quickly and effectively take decisions on issues of international security? There’s only one workable option: bring the heads of government together in a European Union Security […]
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European defence: Small states thinking big
During the Cold War, the building-bloc of the combined force structure of the NATO allies was the army corps. Even smaller nations such as my country, Belgium, contributed a self-sufficient […]
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Foreign Fighters trials in Syria: not a solution
Kurdish forces in Syria recently announced their intention to prosecute foreign fighters in detention, which European governments refuse to repatriate. This option seemingly addresses the fate of these fighters, detained […]