Belgium’s Take on EU Big Bang Enlargement: More Europeans means More Europe
The year 2024 is to be marked as a historic year for the enlargement of the EU. Following the Russian war of aggression towards Ukraine, the question of the enlargement […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
D. Trump or the Emperor Strikes Back
The accession of Donald Trump to the American presidency on January 20 is likely to upset the grand strategy put in place by the Biden administration. Despite a certain degree […]
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 […]