EU Global Strategy – Expert Opinion No. 4
The 2003 European Security Strategy drove the agenda of EU foreign policy for about a year or two – then its impact fizzled out. If we want to avoid the […]
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How can we enhance our security without damaging our liberty?
How can we reinforce internal security without destroying basic freedoms? This dilemma will become increasingly topical in the context of rising terrorist threats and in view of some of the […]
Report of the 2015’ series of events on the Energy Transition : A multifaceted challenge for Europe
In 2015, Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations and the Development Group organised a series of three Symposiums and a High Level Conference on the multifaceted challenge of the […]
Brexit and defence: where is the strategy?
Should the UK decide to leave the EU, its leverage on many of the strategic decisions that shape the framework within which its military deployment takes place would be negligible.
African Union Intervention could do more harm than good in Burundi
Last month, on Dec. 17, the African Union’s Peace and Security Council adopted a communiqué that threatened to launch a military intervention in Burundi after violence escalated considerably in the […]
Defence does not get that much more
The Belgian government gives a new long-term perspective to its armed forces. Not that much extra money, but enough to maintain its significant contribution to operations abroad.