Keeping it Together? Realpolitik and Solidarity in a Multipolar World
The structure of world politics does not change that often, and not that fast either. It has, in fact, been the same for three decades now, and recent events have […]
Publications
UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record […]
Navigating Uncertainty: The European Union’s Migration Policy and the Future of Temporary Protection
The endless debate on the European Union’s migration policy has seen several high points in recent months. At the end of the last Council meeting under the Swedish Presidency at […]
Bleak Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament
Today the Russian Federation fields the most modern and diversified nuclear arsenal in the world. This is the result of the complete modernisation that President Putin presented to the Russian […]
The EU and Taiwan: Normalizing the Status Quo
When I read Egmont colleague Sven Biscop’s My Summer in Beijing, I was just about to depart to a little-recognized political entity off the Chinese coast that – constitutionally, at […]
Self-defense Militia Groups in Niger: Risking a Time Bomb
With the encroachment of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) on areas along Niger’s western borders, the Bazoum government […]