PESCO: The Last Chance
To the outside observer, Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) equals the long list of projects rather than the 20 binding commitments that were hailed as a game-changer when PESCO was launched […]
European defence / NATO
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Commentaries
Defence Industries Revived
Europe still does not have adequate hardware. And Europe still expects its soldiers and sailors and airmen to make do, deploy, co-operate at the drop of a hat – and […]
Commentaries
For Better or For Worse
It took Belgium two world wars to understand that its international and territorial security could only be guaranteed through alliances and unions with like-minded nations. Since the end of the […]
Commentaries
Mass Matters: Understanding Russia’s Military Conduct and the Threat it Poses
On February 17, 2024, Avdiivka, a key Ukrainian stronghold situated on the Eastern frontline in the Donetsk region, fell under the control of Russian armed forces. *****
A Safe and Sovereign Europe in a Changing Global Context
The Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, with support of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in collaboration with the Representation of the European Commission in Belgium, has organised […]
Commentaries
If Russia “Protects” Transnistria, Will the EU Defend Moldova? And Georgia?
On 28 February 2024, the day before Putin’s annual speech in parliament, Transnistria asked Russia for protection against Moldova, the state from which the region has broken away. Fabricating a […]