What could a geoeconomic EU look like in 2020?
The need for the EU to respond and position itself in the deepening geoeconomic competition between the Great Powers has initiated a policy reorientation that is slowly attempting to break […]
Publications
Commentaries
Reset transatlantic trade through cooperation on technology
Why a “reset” of the transatlantic relationship will require a more integrated approach to trade, technology, and security. This commentary has been published by Clingendael. (Photo credit: The White House, […]
Commentaries
A Political Diagnosis of the Coronavirus
The speed and massive scale of China’s response to the coronavirus “showed China’s efficiency and the advantages of China’s system”, said Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the World Health Organisation, during […]
What’s the ‘Added Value’ of Male Peacekeepers? (Or – Why We Should Stop Instrumentalising Female Peacekeepers’ Participation)
How realistic and how fair are the expectations that we place on the small minority of female peacekeepers to bring an ‘added value’ to peace operations? Not at all, I […]
Commentaries
Transatlantic trade is stuck: time to integrate trade, technology, and security
Why a “reset” of the transatlantic relationship will require a more integrated approach to trade, technology, and security. This commentary first appeared on AICGS. This brief has been republished by […]
Strategic Choices for the 2020s
These past few years, the European Union (EU) has taken various decisions which, when taken together, amount to a careful repositioning in international politics. Let us be bold and call […]