External publications
‘Radicalisation’ has become the primary prism for understanding and countering terrorism. To many, terrorism as the result of a ‘radicalisation process’ is an unquestioned axiom and considered self-evident. But the […]
External publications
What do the European Commission, Belgium’s federal government and the country’s regional governments all have in common? Their terms end at the same time. While holding the elections for the […]
Commentaries
On January 13, 2024, Lai Ching-te, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominee, secured the presidency of the Republic of China (Taiwan), marking the first instance (post-democratization) when a party’s nominee […]
Books
If every event in international politics is a turning point, one can only go and lie down, out of sheer dizziness. In reality, we have been living in the same […]
External publications
Since the early 1990s fewer United Nations peacekeepers have come from western, democratic and richer states, compared to poorer, more autocratic and often unstable countries in Africa and Asia. A […]
Commentaries
Not police officers but inspectors from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition led the raid at Nuctech in Warsaw and Rotterdam on 23 April. At the Chinese security equipment manufacturer, […]