NATO: The Damage Is Done – So Think Big
For seventy-six years, NATO tried to prove Lord Palmerston wrong. Now it turns out that he was right after all: “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
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 […]
External publications
Cooperation in an Era of Confrontation: The Case of the Benelux Arms Control Agency
Both nuclear and conventional arms control guardrails are eroding, and the risk of great power confrontation is growing. Subsequently, middle and small power cooperation on arms control can be beneficial […]
Tanks Versus Pensions? How European NATO Countries Fund Defence and What Belgium Can Learn
“On average, European countries easily spend up to a quarter of their national income on pensions, health, and social security systems, and we need only a small fraction of that […]
Commentaries
Towards a Peace Compromise or the Continuation of War?
A lot of ink has been spilt over the past few weeks about the rising tensions within the Western Alliance and between Ukraine and the United States. However, the geopolitical […]
Commentaries
Disgrace in Washington, Decisions in London
Angry and ashamed. That’s how I felt after watching the spectacle of President Trump and Vice-President Vance ganging up on President Zelensky, two against one, live on TV last Friday […]