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The “Tigres,” Katanga and the DRC War
On 24 January 2025, a group of Katangese “Tigres” were deported from Luanda to Kinshasa and handed over to the DRC military intelligence service DEMIAP. Nothing has been heard of […]
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Trump’s Europe Policy: No longer Different from Russia and China?
The US and Europe are allies, or that is what the Europeans still wish to believe. That does not mean that they are not economic competitors at the same time, […]
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Ukraine Now Needs a European Security Guarantee – Not a Peace Operation
At the meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group on 12 February 2025, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth made the American negotiating position on the Russo-Ukrainian War crystal clear. Europe […]
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A Boomerang or a Turning Point for the EU in Central Africa?
In the week following the overtaking of Goma by the M23/Rwanda Defense Forces coalition, Kinshasa was rocked by riots targeting countries perceived as being responsible for the escalating conflict in […]
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Congo crisis extends beyond ‘conflict minerals’
On Sunday night, the Congolese rebel group M23 and the Rwandan army invaded Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma […]
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The Manned-Unmanned Warfare of Tomorrow
The deployment of unmanned systems in recent years has changed the nature of warfare in multiple ways. Subsequently, considering Belgium’s budgetary context, the personnel constraints that the armed forces face, […]