Diplomatic Pursuits
Overall, European strategy (of the EU, the European Allies in NATO, the Coalition of the Willing) is not proactive enough, hence European diplomacy is often running after the others. It […]
EU and strategic partners
Publications
The Middle East and Central Asia now bound to the US by the Abrahamic Accords: Is Syria the US’ new backyard?
An overarching geopolitical question crossed my Byzantine mind as I methodically contemplated, across continents, the overlay of maps, with newly concluded treaties on the one hand, and geopolitical moves on […]
Commentaries
Belgium’s Public Confrontation with Hybrid Threats: Lessons from Drone Incursions
On Tuesday 4 November 2025, Belgian Minister of Defence Theo Francken suddenly had to leave the studio of a popular talk show to take an urgent call: another drone incursion […]
Commentaries
Cross-Strait Tensions in 2025: Why Escalation Remains Unlikely
Cross-Strait relations, the complex ties across the Taiwan Strait between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC), have remained tense since Lai Ching-te […]
Books
Reflecting on Belgium’s Strategic Orientations
Opportunities for a Niche-Based Approach in Defense and Foreign Policy Edited by Edouard Xia, Marion Jacques, Julien Godfroid, Tanguy Struye de Swielande International relations are becoming increasingly tense as the global security environment deteriorates. […]
Commentaries
The EU Enlargement Test: Dilemmas of Geopolitics, Conditionality, and Public Concerns
Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine has changed the European Union’s attitude towards the prospects of enlargement. While in previous years, European leaders remained skeptical about the EU’s absorption capacity and […]