Rising powers and multilateral institutions
Sven Biscop contributed the chapter on “Rising powers, rising Europe and the future of NATO” to this major new volume that analyses the impact of the rising powers
Publications
Judy Asks: Will Hybrid Warfare Defeat Europe?
Jo Coelmont answers a question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
The energy performance of buildings: promises still unfulfilled
Energy-consuming buildings have to disappear from the European building stock. Improving their energy performance is thus pivotal and the EU has been active in this domain
The dangers and inanity of (euro-)nationalism. From communitarianism to cosmopolitanism
In the middle of a multifaceted crisis, secure identities often seem like easy and comforting responses. This paper takes a different stance: it contests the very common communitarian postulate according to which a […]
Will the foreign fighters issue ever end?
Rik Coolsaet questions the supposed socio-economic root causes of the phenomenon of foreign fighters. This commentary appeared in European Geostrategy on 19 April 2015.
Burkina Faso’s popular revolution fraying at the edges
In this commentary, Valérie Arnould reflects on the implications of the recent changes to the electoral law in Burkina Faso for the country’s transition process. She cautions that a desire […]