A World in Flux
Scholars and pundits alike have been qualifying our times as of “transition and turbulence”, “disorder” and “strategic unease”. Other concepts that recur in discussions on the present state of the […]
Publications
Towards a Belgian position on Brexit: Actively reconciling national and European interests
The prospect of seeing the United Kingdom (UK) leave the European Union (EU) presents Belgium with its most significant foreign policy challenge in decades. Caught between its traditional support for […]
An uphill struggle? Towards coordinated EU engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative
China’s 19th Party Congress unexpectedly amended the party’s constitution with a pledge to “pursue the Belt and Road Initiative”. This further elevates the status of president Xi’s heavily promoted foreign […]
External publications
Military factors in the MENA Region: Challenging trends
Although the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has witnessed a long series of conflicts since the end of the Second World War, it is now in the unprecedented […]
The EU Global Strategy: Implications for Russia
Bringing together contributions from Egmont and the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the report “The EU Global Strategy: Implications for Russia” addresses key bilateral issues, such as resilience […]
External publications
Anticipating the Post-ISIS Landscape in Europe
New York was once again the scene of a terrorist attack. On Halloween, 31 October 2017, the 29-year old Uzbek-born Sayfullo Saipov plowed a truck down a crowded bike path […]