EU Ukraine Strategy should include the Eurasian Spine
The European Union needs to raise its head above the parapet to scan the geopolitical horizon to be able to deal more effectively with a number of key threats. This […]
Publications
External publications
Who is afraid of the Inflation Reduction Act?
At their 9 February meeting in Brussels, European leaders discussed how to respond to US President Joe Biden’s latest climate bill. The EU new strategic industrial policy and European Commission […]
China’s 14th National People’s Congress: No Ordinary Cups of Tea
Compared to the periods of imperial rule that precede it, the Song dynasty government (960–1279) was more autocratic than any Chinese government had been. Under a growing Mongolian threat to […]
Commentaries
Xi Jinping’s olive branch operation serves own agenda
Monday around noon, Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport to start his three-day state visit to Russia. By its own account, China has sent its cool-headed mediating […]
Commentaries
Ukraine: The Price of China’s Neutrality
The whole world closely followed the diplomatic show of Xi Jinping’s visit to Vladimir Putin on 20-22 March 2023. Much more than a good show Putin did not get out […]
External publications
The Like-Minded, The Willing… and The Belgians: Arctic Scientific Cooperation after February 24 2022
Since the escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine in February 2022, Arctic scientific cooperation at the institutional level among the eight Arctic states has halted. However, the need for a […]