Trump, the Middle East, and North Africa: just leave things to the proxies?
When Trump says that he wants NATO to take more responsibility in the Middle East, what he means is that he wants the European allies to do more. He is […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
Will a European Security Council bring strategic relevance?
How can the EU quickly and effectively take decisions on issues of international security? There’s only one workable option: bring the heads of government together in a European Union Security […]
Commentaries
European defence: Small states thinking big
During the Cold War, the building-bloc of the combined force structure of the NATO allies was the army corps. Even smaller nations such as my country, Belgium, contributed a self-sufficient […]
From Global Strategy to Strategic Compass: Where Is the EU Heading?
Does the EU need a “Strategic Compass” to guide the implementation of the security and defence dimension of the European Union Global Strategy (EUGS)? Does it need a military strategy […]
Putting the Core at the Centre. The Crisis Response Operation Core (CROC) and the Future of PESCO
The reader who cannot readily identify the meaning of CROC (Croque Monsieur? Croque Madame?) in the context of European defence can be forgiven. The flurry of activity in the EU’s […]
External publications
EU-U.S. Consensus and NATO-EU Cooperation
Whether or not NATO will continue to exist into the next decades depends on whether the United States and the EU continue to share a broad outlook on the world. […]