Focus Papers
The Focus Paper series publishes the results of researches that, strictly speaking, do not fall within the scope of the Belgian Defence’s annual scientific research programme. The proposed studies cover ad hoc issues as well as the results of researches by trainees within the CSDS.
The views expressed in the Focus Papers are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Royal Higher Institute for Defence, the Belgian Defence or the Belgian Government. The Focus Papers are, as a rule, written in the author’s mother tongue, and are not translated.
The war in Ukraine through the lens of joint functions
Thomas DRIES, Bart LEENDERS, Jason MARCHAL, Gilles MARX & Philip SCHROOTEN
Hervorming van de Reserve: naar een Belgische territoriale home guard?
Luc AUDOORE
Belgian Security & Resilience 2040: which societal resources to mobilise
Previous Focus Papers
The war in Ukraine through the lens of joint functions, Thomas DRIES, Bart LEENDERS, Jason MARCHAL, Gilles MARX & Philip SCHROOTEN, Focus Paper Special Issue, December 2023
Hervorming van de Reserve: naar een Belgische territoriale home guard?, Luc AUDOORE, Focus Paper themanummer, October 2023
Belgian Security & Resilience 2040: which societal resources to mobilise ?, Centre for Security and Defence Studies, Focus Paper Special Issue, September 2023
Security Sector Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: ensuring local participation in programme design and implementation, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Focus Paper 45, September 2022
La politique sécuritaire des États-Unis au Sahel de 1990 à nos jours : un engagement indirect, graduel et ambivalent, Polyvios CHRISTODOULOU, Focus Paper 44, May 2022
« Cinquante nuances d’Ukraine 2022 » Perspectives après plus d’un mois de guerre, Nicolas GOSSET, Focus Paper 43, April 2022
Taking Up Arms and Laying Them Down: Lessons Learned from the Lebanese Civil War?, Didier LEROY, Focus Paper 42, February 2022
Le Léviathan et les Nations Unies – De la nature guerrière à l’art de la paix, Catheline REMY, Focus Paper 41, January 2021
CHINA – Systemic Rival, Economic Competitor, and Negotiating Partner?, Focus Paper Special Issue, October 2020
Le Brésil : un acteur pertinent en Afrique ? Le projet de la Zone de paix et de coopération de l’Atlantique Sud (ZOPACAS) : de l’émergence au déclin, Anaïs GEUDENS, Focus Paper 40, July 2019
Le « retour » de la Russie en Afrique subsaharienne : sécurité et défense au service de la politique étrangère de Vladimir Poutine, Amandine DUSOULIER, Focus Paper 39, July 2019
Le programme B-21 Raider : armement stratégique ou institutionnel ?, Alain DE NEVE, Focus Paper 38, January 2019
Présences chinoise et russe en Afrique : différences, convergences, conséquences, Eleftheris VIGNE, Focus Paper 37, July 2018
Russia-EU Relations: An Era of Sanction Policy and International (Dis)order, Maarten TOELEN, Focus Paper 36, January 2017
Defending Europe: Dual-Use Technologies and Drone Development in the European Union, Raluca CSERNATONI, Focus Paper 35, September 2016
La viabilité des frontières africaines au regard des revendications d’ordre identitaire. Les exemples de Bakassi et de l’Azawad, Déborah GUIDEZ, Focus Paper 34, October 2015
Les Kurdes d’Irak, grands gagnants de la guerre contre l’Etat islamique ? Une analyse à moyen terme, Gauthier WÉRY, Focus Paper 33, August 2015
Nuclear disarmament: Hedging for Better or Worse, Bart SMEDTS, Focus Paper 32, July 2015
Vers une érosion du soutien à la dissuasion nucléaire française ?, André DUMOULIN, Focus Paper 31, October 2015
International Responses to the Risk of Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and South Sudan, Myrto HATZIGEORGOPOULOS, Focus Paper 30, December 2014