22-24 April 2010: the second EU in International Affairs Conference: invitation.

Bruxelles 2 (L'Europe de la Défense et de la Sécurité), 12 March:
4 critères pour la future coopération structurée permanente ?, Nicolas Gros-Verheyde.

EuroparlTV, 11 March:
Thomas Renard speaks about EU counterterrorism efforts on EuroparlTV.

E!Sharp, 10 March 2010:
Coping with the Copenhagen syndrome, Thomas Renard.

Euranet, 9 March:
Stijn Verhelst on: Et pourquoi pas un Fonds monétaire européen?, par RFI.

RTL-info, 7 March 2010:
Thomas Renard on the opening of an Al-Qaeda trial in Belgium on RTL-TVI.

BEL RTL, 7 March 2010:
Thomas Renard on the case of Malika el-Aroud on BEL RTL.

Kárpátinfo.net, 4 March:
Elemző műhelyek: továbbra is van szerepük az uniósországelnökségeknek.

Deutsche Welle, 3 March:
S. Biscop quoted on: NATO unity threatened by defense budget and equipment shortfalls.

IRIN News, 22 Feb.:
Analysis: Fighting for peace in the Kivus, eo/am/mw.
With the opinion of Koen Vlassenroot.

De Standaard, 17 Feb.: Terroristen zijn amateurs, Rik Coolsaet.

E!Sharp, 15 Feb.: T. Renard & S. Biscop quoted on the EU strategic partnerships in Esharp: The rise of the Second World.

Radio 1, 15 Feb.: Jo Coelmont over Operatie Moshtarak in Afghanistan.

Avui.cat, 15 Feb.: Thomas Renard reacts on the use of internet social networks by terrorists.

Publicaties

Egmont Papers

n°35, Jan. 2010:

Fearing a 'Shiite Octopus'.
Sunni – Shi`a relations and the implications for Belgium and Europe, Jelle Puelings.
about the position of the Shiites, the Sunni-Shia relations, politics of religion, shift in the power balance...

n°34: Europe Rediscovers Peacekeeping? Political and Military Logics in the 2006 UNIFIL Enhancement , Alexander Mattelaer, Oct. 2009.

n°33: The value of power, the power of values: a call for an EU Grand Strategy, Sven Biscop (ed.), Oct. 2009.

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Vol. LXII, n°3:

Military crisis management: The challenge of inter-organizationalism
on the EU,UN,NATO,AU,inter-organizationalism,...

Vol. LXII, numéro spécial, 2009: La Belgique et sa politique étrangère. België en zijn buitenlandse politiek. Anno 2008, Rik Coolsaet and Tanguy De Wilde d'Estmael (éd./red.)

Vol. LXII: n°2: articles on Fragile states, ICC & Sudan, EU development policy

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Briefs & Commentaren

Coping with the Copenhagen syndrome, Thomas Renard, in E!Sharp, 10 March 2010.

Du G2 au G20, Thomas Renard, in La Libre, 10 March 2010.

Permanent Structured Cooperation for Effective European Armed Forces, Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 9, March 2010.

The Impact of Global Warming on the Geopolitics of the Arctic. A Historical Opportunity for Russia?, Patrick Nopens, Security Policy Brief 8, March 2010.

Key partners and shared interests. The European convoy needs strategic guidance for fleet action, Sven Biscop, on Globaleurope.com, 3 March 2010.

Where was united Africa in the climate change negotiations?, Jean-Christophe Hoste, Africa Policy Brief, n°2, Feb. 2010.

Andere Publicaties

Recente strategische ontwikkelingen m.b.t. België's resterende kerntaak, Rik Coolsaet, Commissie Nucleaire Ontwapening, Senaat, 2 maart 2010.

2010: en toen werd de EU een grootmacht?, Sven Biscop, in AP n°1, 2010, pp. 16-19.

Of Greeks and Romans: The EU, US and Security Strategy in a Multipolar World, Sven Biscop, Fride Policy Brief n°35, Feb. 2010.

The United States, NATO and the European Union: Partnership in the Balance, Robert Hunter and Sven Biscop, Atlantic Council SAG Issue Brief, Feb. 2010.

An EDA as ambitious as the Lisbon Treaty, Jo Coelmont, in EDA Bulletin, Issue 13, Febr. 2010, pp.6-7.

Laatst georganiseerde events

16 March 2010: L'enjeu afghan: terrorisme ou insurrection? Ses conséquences régionales et internationales
-Conference with Gérard Chaliand, writer, expert in geopolitics, professor at the Nanyang University (Singapur).
8 March 2010: The US, NATO and the EU: Partnership in the balance
-Conference with Amb. Robert Hunter, Senior Advisor at the RAND Corporation in Washington and former US Ambassador to NATO, and Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Director of Egmont’s Security & Global Governance Programme. Read the paper.
4 March 2010: Think Global - Act European. The contribution of 14 European think tanks to the Spanish, Belgium and Hungarian Presidencies of European Union
-Presentation of the report "Think Global - Act European". Directed by Elvire Fabry and Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul. Read more.

Ander nieuws

At the request of Belgian Foreign Affairs, on 8 March Egmont organized a roundtable with two members of the Group of Experts preparing a new strategic concept for NATO, Ambassador Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Peyra and Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld, who met with expert academics and journalists from Belgium as part of their round of consultations with civil society in all Allied countries.
As one of 10 members of his Next Generation Advisory Panel, Sven Biscop attended the Panel’s first meeting with Admiral James Stavridis, SACEUR, at the Munich Security Conference on 5-7 February.
On 4 February, Sven Biscop lectured about the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in the Advanced Command and Staff Course in Shrivenham, UK.
From 80 candidates from Allies and PfP countries, Sven Biscop, has been selected as one of 10 members to serve on The Next Generation Advisory Board to Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of US European Command (EUCOM) and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). As such, he will participate in the annual Munich Security Conference or Wehrkunde on 5-7 February.
On 30 Jan. Sven Biscop spoke about "A strategy for CSDP operations in Africa and beyond" at the First Symposium of the African Federation for Strategic Studies, in Marrakech.
On 25 Jan. Sven Biscop gave a guest lecture on "The European Security Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities" at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), to a combined session of the ETC and ITC courses.
EGMONT is part of the Advisory Board of Europe's World Journal.

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