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Half a grand strategy is not enough
Sven Biscop points out that the EU is caught between member states that do not have a strategy and those that do but who do not have the means to […]
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Letter from Brussels
“What should the EU do?” This is how most, if not all, policymakers in the Belgian foreign ministry react when a crisis occurs in, say, Ukraine or Syria. But as […]
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To join or not to join: The AIIB and the EU’s dilemma
As China announced the launch of its new development bank, the AIIB, the lack of debate in many EU capitals – and at the EU level itself – was particularly striking. Is […]
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Strategy: what is it good for?
Sven Biscop outlines how we should think about strategy in the context of a forthcoming reflection on a new strategy for EU foreign policy.
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A Belgian army for European defence
Sven Biscop outlines a realistic but real ambition for the Belgian armed forces. The key though is long-term budgetary stability. This article is available in Dutch only. This commentary appeared […]
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Bluff poker of the Belgian Defense Staff?
In this article Jo Coelmont advocates the Belgian Defence staff is not playing any bluff poker as suggested in an article published earlier by the De Standard