A Grand Strategy: does it matter in the real world?
In Egmont Paper No. 33 ‘The Value of Power, the Power of Values: A Call for an EU Grand Strategy’, edited by Sven Biscop, Egmont calls for an EU Grand […]
Publications
Where was united Africa in the climate change negotiations?
A political commitment was reached in Copenhagen between five countries: US, China, India Brazil and South Africa. The rest of the conference simply “took note of it”, most with resignation, […]
The United States, NATO and the European Union: partnership in the balance
The drafters of the new Strategic Concept for NATO must realize that the transatlantic context in which the Alliance operates has changed fundamentally. Accordingly, in addition to improving NATO-EU relations […]
Fearing a ‘shiite octopus’. Sunni – Shi`a relations and the implications for Belgium and Europe
During the last five years, and more specifically since the US invasion of Irak, different Sunni policy makers and religious actors have ventilated their concern for what they see as […]
From ESDP to CSDP : Time for some Strategy
in Diploweb.com, 16 Jan. 2010. (Photo credit: European Council, © European Union 2004-2014)
Commentaries
From the new G20 to a new multilateral order
Entering a new decade with a new Treaty, the EU now possesses more tools to adapt and cope with an increasingly complex, multipolar and interdependent world. Of course, the Lisbon […]