What’s in the CARDs?
The Foreign Affairs Council on 19 November 2018 agreed to launch the CARD (Coordinated Annual Review on Defence) as a standing activity aimed at offering a better overview at EU […]
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Publications
1919-2019: How to Make Peace Last? European Strategy and the Future of the World Order
The commemorations of the Great War have come to and end. 2019 will see the centenary of the peace treaties that concluded the war, starting with Versailles, and of the […]
The EU and China: Modest signs of convergence?
Against a background in which the United States is increasingly drawing into question its commitments to free trade and the global commons, the challenge for the EU and China is […]
Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy: What does it mean for the European Union?
Not so long ago Japan seemed to be left out on the diplomatic stage, notably when it decided not to join China’s newly established Asian Investment and Infrastructure Bank (AIIB) […]
“Stand firm and hold the handrail”: A Traveller’s impressions of a summer of summitry
“Stand firm and hold the handrail”, a friendly female voice repeats over and over on the escalators in the Beijing subway. That is good advice in world politics too. Don’t […]
Children in the Levant: Insights from Belgium on the dilemmas of repatriation and the challenges of reintegration
According to intelligence estimates, there are around 1,400 European children in Syria and Iraq, many of them born there. The fate of these children confronts European governments with moral, legal, […]