Publications

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Returnees: who are they, why are they (not) coming back and how should we deal with them? Assessing policies on returning foreign terrorist fighters in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Some 5000 men, women and children have travelled from Europe to Syria and Iraq since 2012. An estimated 1500 of these foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) have returned so far. Belgium, […]

Events

Regenerating Belgian Defence

On invitation only

After many years of comparative neglect, the outlook for Belgian defence policy is undergoing a sea change. Responding to rapidly evolving security environment and in keeping with the 2016 Strategic […]

Measuring transatlantic burden-sharing

In the run up to the NATO Brussels Summit, Egmont is teaming up with the Center for Strategic and International Studies to shed light on one of the most difficult […]

The Crime-Terror Nexus in Belgium and Luxembourg

It has become common to point out the connections that exist between criminality and terrorism. In Belgium, like elsewhere, we have witnessed petty criminals (as well as grand bandits) joining […]