Issues Around the War in Ukraine
We are a small informal group of academics, think-tankers, and former EU and national officials* brought together by the Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations to reflect on the issues […]
Europe in the World
Publications
Commentaries
From Belgium to Estonia, and Back
At the start of 2024, I wrote an opinion piece titled “Estonia is building bunkers, Belgium is ordering a study on the possibility of arming drones.” The contrast in defence […]
External publications
Terrorist Threats Outside of Warzone: Clashing Narratives, Foreign Information Manipulation & Influence, and Post-Truth
The illegal Russian war of aggression against Ukraine (IRWAAU) produced a number of valuable lessons in how terrorism might evolve in the Cognitive Domain, and possible associated kinetic and non-kinetic […]
Europe’s Strategic Imperative: Advancing Sustainability for Global Stability
Europe’s long-term security depends not only on military strength, but also on global stability shaped by sustainable development and effective multilateralism. From the outset, Donald Trump’s second presidency has placed […]
Commentaries
Trump Takes on the Fed and Weakens the Geopolitical Position of the US
The serious confrontation between the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, and the White House, over the consequences of the tariffs policy for the economy of the US, […]
Commentaries
To Strengthen Defence and National Security: Complete the Capital Markets Union
Defence superiority, national security and economic and financial security are linked now more than ever through technological innovation. Dual-use technologies good for peaceful uses, such as communications, can also be […]