No peace from corona: defining EU strategy for the 2020s
The coronavirus pandemic became one more dimension in which great power rivalry played out. How to position the EU in this interplay between the great powers clearly remains one of, […]
Publications
The Capitol and the Reichstag
When a sitting president refuses to accept the outcome of elections and incites his supporters to storm the parliament that is about to confirm his successor, that is a coup […]
EU-China: Drop the Masks, Back to Real Diplomacy
Diplomacy in 2020 was mostly about shifting the blame and creating distraction. China’s “mask diplomacy” sought to portray the People’s Republic as benign and effective. The world and, more importantly, […]
Russian Grand Strategy and how to handle it
In many Western chancelleries, there still is a lot of hesitation and bewilderment on how to deal with Russia. A first step in defining a coherent policy vis-a-vis Russia, is […]
Biden’s World? Views from the United States, China, Russia and the European Union
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the annual joint seminars that since a few years the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Egmont – Royal Institute for […]
Belgium should not change strategy on her contribution to NATO’s nuclear role sharing
In this policy brief, the author focusses on NATO’s nuclear dimension. He highlights key challenges in the European security environment and explains essential characteristics of NATO’s deterrence and collective defence, […]