Why Belgium is not Europe’s jihadi base
International experts and journalists have resorted to Belgium-bashing and finger-pointing. They call Belgium a “failed state,” our police and intelligence services “incompetent.”
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La création de l’Euro
De 1988 à 1998, pendant une décennie, le débat européen s’est concentré sur la création et la mise en place de l’Union économique et monétaire, avec une monnaie unique?: l’euro. […]
The Global Strategy – reinvigorating the EU’s multilateral agenda?
The EU’s effective multilateralism doctrine is hardly a defining characteristic of the international system of today. While established multilateral structures are far from reflective of the realities of the twenty-first […]
Staying Belgian, investing in Europe
After the attacks in Brussels, investing in Europe is the only answer: European intelligence, European defence, European democracy, says Sven Biscop.
Securing the ‘middle spaces’: geography, strategy and the future of European power
In this final articke in a five-part series on defence and the EU Global Strategy, Luis Simón argues that any European strategy must not neglect the geopolitically relevant spaces in between […]
The reform of the EU courts (II). Abandoning the management approach by doubling the General Court
The 2011 proposal of the European Court of Justice aiming to increase the number of judges of the General Court has mutated after four years into a complete change of […]