2014: a centenary and a discovery
It is almost as if engaging in war is easier than thinking about war. In the year of the commemoration of the First World War, Europe is facing several wars on its borders, and […]
Europe in the World
Publications
New donors, new partners? EU strategic partnerships and development
Emerging powers play an increasingly central role in international development. Recognising this, the EU is seeking to strengthen discussion and collaboration on development with these powers through its strategic partnerships. […]
America’s global defence predicament – Why the Asia ‘rebalancing’ has little significance for European security
This paper argues that the Obama Administration’s Asia ‘pivot’ or ‘rebalancing’ is mainly a rhetorical construct that has very little substantive effect on US security policy. In contrast to the […]
Commentaries
Belgium and the miracle of European defence
In this article for the “National Perspectives and CSDP” special focus series on the blog European Geostrategy, Sven Biscop looks at Belgian involvement in the CSDP and its role in […]
South Korea and the European Union: A promising partnership for development cooperation?
Since it joined the OECD-DAC, Korea has become an increasingly important development actor. Korea is keen to develop partnerships with traditional donors and has already done so
Beyond Russia’s ‘Versailles syndrome’
Russia alleges that at the end of the Cold War it underwent a soft version of a Versailles Treaty, pushing it into the periphery of global politics and cutting it […]