Commentaries
Why Belgium is not Europe’s jihadi base
International experts and journalists have resorted to Belgium-bashing and finger-pointing. They call Belgium a “failed state,” our police and intelligence services “incompetent.”
EU and strategic partners
Publications
Commentaries
Securing the ‘middle spaces’: geography, strategy and the future of European power
In this final articke in a five-part series on defence and the EU Global Strategy, Luis Simón argues that any European strategy must not neglect the geopolitically relevant spaces in between […]
Commentaries
Germany’s new Ostpolitik finds ways to engage with Russia
Ostpolitik was considered synonymous with West Germany’s foreign policy during the Cold War. This foreign policy doctrine was developed by Chancellor Willy Brandt to give more strategic options and flexibility […]
The EU–China Bilateral Investment Agreement: Between high hopes and real challenges
In 2012, negotiations over an EU–China bilateral investment agreement were launched to fully tap into the potential of bilateral investments.
Commentaries
New Development Bank in the making
Global governance is undergoing a significant transformation fuelled from the Global South. While the Silk Road Fund and the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank have come to dominate the headlines […]
Studia Diplomatica
The future of the European Neighbourhood Policy
Articles The implications of Eurasian Integration for the EU’s relations with the countries in the post-Soviet space , by Laure Delcour, Hrant Kostanyan, Bruno Vandecasteele and Peter Van Elsuwege The […]