Dealing with Russia: Towards a coherent Belgian policy
Belgo-Russia relations are mired in paradox. For several years, the relationship between the Russian Federation on the one hand and the EU and NATO on the other has been characterized […]
Belgian diplomacy
Publications
Commentaries
Welcome address by the New Director-General Hugues Chantry
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 […]
Commentaries
Belgium must aim for a strong government
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 […]
Commentaries
Summer reading by Johan Verbeke – The Geography of Thought
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 […]
Commentaries
Two elephants in one room: Sino-American competition and the EU at the Shangri-La Dialogue
“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 […]
Commentaries
A defence strategy alone is not enough
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 […]
Events
Belgium in the UN Security Council 2019-2020 Webinar 3: Children in Armed Conflict
Every year the FPS Foreign Affairs, the Egmont Institute, the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, and Ghent University, organise a conference on Belgian foreign and defence policy that looks back at […]
Belgium in the UN Security Council 2019-2020 Webinar 1: Multilateralism and the Security Council
Fully booked Every year the FPS Foreign Affairs, the Egmont Institute, the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, and Ghent University, organise a conference on Belgian foreign and defence policy that […]
Professional traineeships for 10 students of the 6th graduating class “Etienne Tshisekedi” of ENA RDC
After 9 months of courses, most of which happened online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 99 students of the 6th graduating class “Etienne Tshisekedi” of the National School for […]
ENA RDC 2019-2020 : online courses for the students of the National School of Administration in the DRC
For the 6th consecutive year, the Education & Training Programme supports the initial training of Congolese civil servants through its partnership with the National School of Administration (ENA RDC), financed […]