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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
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CSDP: what is it good for?
Sven Biscop asks his readers to look back at and question the original raison d’être of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy.
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CSDP: there is something there that was not there before
In the third concluding article in our “The CSDP: National Perspectives” series, Jo Coelmont argues that while ‘CSDP fatigue’ is in fashion a number of significant developments