Diplomatic Pursuits
Overall, European strategy (of the EU, the European Allies in NATO, the Coalition of the Willing) is not proactive enough, hence European diplomacy is often running after the others. It […]
Publications
The Middle East and Central Asia now bound to the US by the Abrahamic Accords: Is Syria the US’ new backyard?
An overarching geopolitical question crossed my Byzantine mind as I methodically contemplated, across continents, the overlay of maps, with newly concluded treaties on the one hand, and geopolitical moves on […]
Belgium’s Public Confrontation with Hybrid Threats: Lessons from Drone Incursions
On Tuesday 4 November 2025, Belgian Minister of Defence Theo Francken suddenly had to leave the studio of a popular talk show to take an urgent call: another drone incursion […]
Cross-Strait Tensions in 2025: Why Escalation Remains Unlikely
Cross-Strait relations, the complex ties across the Taiwan Strait between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC), have remained tense since Lai Ching-te […]
Why Sudan’s Conflict is Escalating and Becoming Harder to Stop
Wars don’t end as long as they continue to yield benefits, writes Kristof Titeca. And in Sudan, the war still pays — at least for those fighting it. The population, […]
Is Mali’s Military Regime Running out of Gas?
After almost two months of an economic blockade imposed by the Al-Qaida affiliated group JNIM, (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), the Malian military regime is under pressure to find solutions to […]