The Tervuren Museum Mining Archives: Mystery Unveiled
On 17 July 2025, a cooperation agreement on mining projects (rather than an MoU) was concluded between the DRC Ministry of Mines and the private society KoBold Metals, including an […]
Publications
From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific and Back: Strategic Possibilities for the EU and India
Mounting evidence suggests that the present US administration has decided to abandon the American Indo-Pacific Strategy of the last decade. Instead, Washington seeks to come to terms with China in […]
Solidarity: Towards a New Governance of Predictability?
The Pact on Migration and Asylum has been presented as a turning point, with its entry into force as the culmination of a lengthy process marked by tensions unlike any […]
From Engagement to Rupture to Re-Engagement: Analysing the Path to the EU’s Renewed Approach to the Sahel
This paper analyses the European Union’s (EU) evolving engagement with the Sahel region, with particular attention to the Alliance of Sahelian States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Drawing on […]
A Pact: What Else?
The entry into force of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum on 12 June could have been seen as a major turning point in the development of a common […]
Switzerland at 10 Million: What the Numbers Reveal about Demographic Change
On the 14th of June, the Swiss population voted on whether to cap their population to 10 million by 2050 – the latest referendum in the Alpine country of 9.1 […]