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Dear readers, On April 1st, 2020, I took over from Ambassador Johan Verbeke as Director-General of the Egmont Institute. I would first of all like to thank my predecessor who […]
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The corona crisis makes it clear that we need a decisive government. In Belgium this is not obvious, but it is a necessity. This commentary was first published in De […]
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Personal recommendation: A few years ago I stumbled on a little book in the Georgetown University bookshop written by former Yale University Professor Richard Nisbett, published by the Free Press […]
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“When elephants fight, the grass suffers, but when they make love, the grass suffers also”: this quote from Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew became the running theme at […]
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Belgium is not in the habit of putting down major strategies for its defense policy. In the past, capacity plans were always drawn up, which in fact usually amounted to […]
On 18 March 2019 the fifth edition of the Belgo-German Conference took place in Brussels. Framed around the inter-related themes of energy, mobility and digitalization, the conference sought to provide […]
In the framework of a cooperation project with Enabel, Belgian Development Agency, in Mali, the Education & Training Programme is delighted to provide a three-day online training in Gender inclusivity. […]
The Education & Training Programme is delighted to welcome 8 diplomats from Angola, Mali, Ivory Coast, Republic of Congo and Senegal for a 10 days online training in advanced diplomatic […]
With Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN in New York until July 2020 Under the United Nations Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility […]
The Education & Training Programme supports the initial training of Malian civil servants through its partnership with the National School of Administration Mali (ENA Mali) financed by Enabel, Belgian Development […]