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Allies and Rivals
This is strategy. Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS), released on 4 December 2025, is bold and concise. One reads it, and one knows what the US wants. One may not […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
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The European Parliament Compels the EU to Address Arctic Security
The European Parliament, by an overwhelming majority, urges the European Union to adopt a robust and security-focused Arctic strategy. It stresses that the Arctic is no longer a remote periphery, […]
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 […]
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 […]