Commentaries
Why Sudan’s Conflict is Escalating and Becoming Harder to Stop
Wars don’t end as long as they continue to yield benefits, writes Kristof Titeca. And in Sudan, the war still pays — at least for those fighting it. The population, […]
Publications
Commentaries
Is Mali’s Military Regime Running out of Gas?
After almost two months of an economic blockade imposed by the Al-Qaida affiliated group JNIM, (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), the Malian military regime is under pressure to find solutions to […]
Books
Reflecting on Belgium’s Strategic Orientations
Opportunities for a Niche-Based Approach in Defense and Foreign Policy Edited by Edouard Xia, Marion Jacques, Julien Godfroid, Tanguy Struye de Swielande International relations are becoming increasingly tense as the global security environment deteriorates. […]
Books
Securitizing the Sahel: Analysing External Interventions and their Consequences
The Sahel has become a focal point of international security interventions, with external actors providing extensive security force assistance (SFA) to local military, police, and paramilitary forces. Securitizing the Sahel: Analysing […]
Commentaries
The EU Enlargement Test: Dilemmas of Geopolitics, Conditionality, and Public Concerns
Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine has changed the European Union’s attitude towards the prospects of enlargement. While in previous years, European leaders remained skeptical about the EU’s absorption capacity and […]
The Fog: The Opacity That Warns
The Fire, the Ice, and the Fog: A Sublimation of the Russian Threat Now in its fourth year, Russia’s war on Ukraine has become more than a battlefield confrontation. It […]