Welcome address by the New Director-General Bart Ouvry
It is an honor to join the Egmont Institute at this moment in time. We live in what some call a ‘geopolitical era’, and this makes the Institute into a […]
Publications
A Decade of EU Support to the G5 Sahel: A Critical Assessment of the EU’s Security Assistance Toolkit
From 2013 to 2023, the European Union was a key player in Sahel security. This crisis-ridden region was chosen as a testing ground for a new comprehensive European approach, mobilising […]
BRICS and the Price of Consensus
On 12 September, the BRICS leaders adopted a 140-paragraph declaration by consensus. Until 2024, BRICS consisted of five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. In 2024, Egypt, Ethiopia, […]
China in the Arctic: Separating Risk from Rhetoric
For the past several years, European debate about China in the Arctic has been caught between strategic concern and incomplete evidence. China calls itself a ‘Near-Arctic State’, operates polar research […]
Greenland: A Quest for Political and Military Adaptability
Earlier this year, several European countries announced a deployment to Greenland. Belgium and the Netherlands were among them. The public debate surrounding the transatlantic saga became heated, with questions about […]
From Excellence to Scale: Strengthening Belgium’s Semiconductor Ecosystem
When the European Commission adopted in June 2026 the Chips Act 2.0, it proposed a shift in the rules of the game for all actors. Nowhere is this more evident […]