Belgian defence policy: the fight goes on
The Coalition Agreement of the Di Rupo government comes at a moment when the international context can help overcome the dilemmas of Belgian defence policy: transformation
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Afghanistan’s future: foreign and local solutions for a fought-over country
In this policy brief, Alain Hanssen looks at Afghanistan’s future through different national and international lenses. (Photo credit: EU EEAS, Flickr)
CSDP: the strategic perspective
Sven Biscop and Per M. Norheim-Martinsen contributed a chapter to a major new academic publication on CSDP, Explaining the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. Theory in action (Palgrave), Xymena […]
Obama takes on the LRA. Why Washington sent troops to Central Africa
Two events underlie the renewed interest. First, in October, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending “combat-equipped troops” on a kill-or-capture mission to take out Kony in […]
African dynamics at the climate change negotiations
The climate change negotiations in Cancun saved the multilateral negotiation process under the UNFCCC, but what were the African political dynamics at the negotiations? In this Africa policy brief the […]
Diamonds, rice, and a ‘maggi cube’. Artisanal diamond mining and livelihoods in Liberia
Diamond, Rice, and a “Maggi Cube” represents the conclusions of the second phase of the Egmont Artisanal Diamond Mining Project, which ran from 2009 until mid-2011 and was funded by […]