The Fire: The Offensive Meant to Decide the War
The Fire, the Ice, and the Fog: A Sublimation of the Russian Threat Now in its fourth year, Russia’s war on Ukraine has become more than a battlefield confrontation. It […]
EU and strategic partners
Publications
Fit for the Future? A Review of the Belgian Defence’s 2025 Strategic Vision
The new Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), Alexus G. Grynkewic, said in July 2025 that NATO should prepare for the threat of two simultaneous wars in Europe and the Pacific […]
Summits and Sanctions, War and Peace: Is the EU Still in the Game?
As I set out for Beijing in early July, to teach my annual summer course on grand strategy and great powers, I knew in advance what all my Chinese interlocutors […]
BRICS+: an Odd Family of (un)Likely Frenemies
On June 13, 2025, the government of Brazil, in its capacity as pro tempore BRICS(+) Chair, announced the formal admission of Vietnam as a partner country of the group. With […]
External publications
Towards a Preparedness Union Strategy? Show us the money!
The 2024-2029 Strategic Agenda which the European Council adopted at its meeting of 27 June 2024 harks back to a wish outlined in the conclusions of a number of previous […]
External publications
Guardians of the Broken Order
As the world drifts into disorder, the foundations of global cooperation are eroding. The rules-based international order – once anchored in robust multilateral institutions and US leadership – is under […]