Commentaries
Belgian Defence: Put your trust in people
On the eve of the National Day, Sven Biscop reflects on Belgian Defence: budget, capabilities, and above all, people. This article was also published in De Morgen. (Photo credit: […]
European Affairs
Publications
How 2400 pages of tech industrial policy will change transatlantic relations
The currently 2400-page long ‘US Innovation and Competition Act’ making its way through Congress is about one thing only: China. But it also signals a much broader shift in American […]
Update of the Strategic Vision 2030: Recommendations
The evolving security environment will demand more involvement and commitment from Belgian Defence, for which it is not yet sufficiently prepared. There is a need to develop a more proactive […]
Belgium: clearly pro-CoFoE, but unclear on the details
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo tweeted on 9 May 2021 that music festivals might resume at the end of the summer. The launch of the Conference on the Future of […]
Commentaries
The Strategic Committee on Belgian Defence: How to Read the Report
A band of hardliners with a shopping list: that is how we came across after the debate in the media and in the defence committee of the Belgian Federal Parliament […]
EU-MENA Trade Relations After COVID-19: State of Play and Scenarios for Modernising the EU-MENA Free Trade Areas
The economies of both the European Union (EU) and the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been severely hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Whereas the […]
Events
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Dead or alive?
One year after the presentation by the European Commission of the Pact on Migration & Asylum, time has come to assess the way it has been received and the progress […]
Human Rights in Pandemic Times Political Exceptionalism, Social Vulnerability & Restricted Freedoms
For many months, the Covid 19 pandemic has weighed on the lives of everyone. In the name of the fight against the pandemic and, through it, of the preservation of […]
«Mise en œuvre de plan de relance et de résilience de la Belgique» – « Uitvoering van nationaal plan voor herstel en veerkracht van België »
Watch the recording of the webinar on Youtube La crise sanitaire provoquée par la pandémie du COVID-19 aura des effets durables sur la situation socio-économique de la Belgique. Le plan […]
The future of EU-MENA trade relations post-Covid-19
Watch the recording of the webinar on Youtube This Webinar will discuss the future of the EU’s trade relations with the MENA region in the post- Covid-19 global economy. […]