All or nothing? European and British strategic autonomy after the Brexit
Does it make sense to announce a quest for strategic autonomy, in the new EU Global Strategy, just as the UK voted for Brexit? Sven Biscop argues that the European […]
Egmont papers
Publications
The reform of the EU Courts (III). The brilliant alternative approach of the European Court of Human Rights
This third Egmont/Tepsa report about the doubling of the EU General Court compares the completely opposite justice reform strategies of the European Union and the Council of Europe. It underlines […]
The European Union and the China-led transformation of global economic governance
This Egmont paper compares the newly created China and BRICS-backed multilateral development banks to the established institutions they seek to mirror while also discovering various paths the EU may follow […]
‘All radicalisation is local’. The genesis and drawbacks of an elusive concept
The concept of ‘radicalisation’ is now firmly entrenched at the heart of European and global counterterrorism. But 12 years after its introduction, it remains ill-defined, complex and controversial. It is […]
The reform of the EU courts (II). Abandoning the management approach by doubling the General Court
The 2011 proposal of the European Court of Justice aiming to increase the number of judges of the General Court has mutated after four years into a complete change of […]
Geopolitics with European characteristics: An essay on pragmatic idealism, equality, and strategy
In today’s world, cooperation and competition co-exist. The same powers that work against each other in one case, are working together in the other. Is a value-based EU foreign policy […]