The research line “Europe” deals with security and defence issues related to Europe in a broad sense. The CSDS pays a particular attention to the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy by studying e.g. the development of military capabilities and the deployment of external missions. The CSDS is also interested in the role of the European Union and European states in contemporary conflicts or in dealing with major powers.
Researchers: André DUMOULIN ; Alain DE NEVE ; Estelle HOORICKX ; Simon VAN HOEYMISSEN
Enhancing Maritime Security at the Edges of Europe. Four Seas, Four Challenges: North Sea – Mediterranean Sea – Black Sea – Gulf of Guinea
Are the Balkans still a powder keg
in the EU’s backyard ? A Kosovar vision
Related publications:
Dual Use and Military Mobility Seminar Report: Fast-tracking Military Mobility, Simon VAN HOEYMISSEN, e-note 57, 26 April 2024
Hybrid Threats: What are the Challenges for our Democracies, Estelle HOORICKX, e-note 54, 26 January 2024
Interinstitutionele samenwerking als aandrijver van een verbeterde militaire mobiliteit in Europa, Simon VAN HOEYMISSEN, e-Note 51, 20 September 2023
Du Service d’utilité collective à la défense totale, André DUMOULIN, e-note 50, 4 September 2023
La cyberguerre en Ukraine : quelques enseignements pour l’OTAN et l’UE, Estelle HOORICKX, e-note 49, 10 July 2023
Les armées face aux changements climatiques : état des lieux et défis à relever pour la Défense belge, Estelle HOORICKX, Security & Strategy 153, June 2023
La clause d’assistance mutuelle du Traité sur l’Union européenne (article 42§7 TUE) permet-elle de répondre adéquatement aux nouvelles menaces?, Estelle HOORICKX, e-note 40, 11 May 2022
Surenchère nucléaire et élucubrations médiatiques, André DUMOULIN, e-Note 39, 20 April 2022
« Cinquante nuances d’Ukraine 2022 » Perspectives après plus d’un mois de guerre, Nicolas GOSSET, Focus Paper 43, April 2022
La lutte euro-atlantique contre la désinformation : état des lieux et défis à relever pour la Belgique, Estelle HOORICKX, Security & Strategy 150, October 2021
SCAF : un condensé des vicissitudes européennes?, Alain DE NEVE, e-Note 27, 7 October 2019
L’implication de la Belgique dans la cyberstratégie euro-atlantique : état des lieux et défis à relever, Estelle HOORICKX, Security & Strategy 139, February 2019
L’Eurocorps : socle d’une défense européenne intégrée ?, André DUMOULIN, Security & Strategy 136, April 2018
L’initiative européenne d’intervention. Enjeux et supports, André DUMOULIN, e-Note 25, 2 March 2018
De Europese betrokkenheid in de evolutie van het Israëlisch-Palestijns conflict, Luk SANDERS, Security & Strategy 134, February 2018
Countering “Hybrid Threats”: Belgium and the Euro-Atlantic Strategy, Estelle HOORICKX, Security & Strategy 131, October 2017
Russia-EU Relations: An Era of Sanction Policy and International (Dis)order, Maarten TOELEN, Focus Paper 36, January 2017
Invloed van de Arabische Lente op migratie en bescherming van de Europese grenzen, Eddy BOOGHS, Security & Strategy 127, September 2016
Defending Europe: Dual-Use Technologies and Drone Development in the European Union, Raluca CSERNATONI, Focus Paper 35, September 2016
Brexit et défense européenne. Décryptage, André DUMOULIN, e-Note 20, 8 June 2016
La Politique européenne de sécurité et de défense : propositions institutionnellese de sécurité et de défense : propositions institutionnelles, André DUMOULIN, Security & Strategy 122/01, May 2016
Scénarios pour la Politique européenne de sécurité et de défense (PSDC), André DUMOULIN, Security & Strategy 122/02, May 2016
Vers une érosion du soutien à la dissuasion nucléaire française ?, André DUMOULIN, Focus Paper 31, October 2015
The influx of migrants in Europe. Unravelling the issue, (English, Dutch, French), Catheline REMY, e-Note 18, 22 September 2015
Related events:
The German vision on EU-African relations, Evening conference, 25 January 2024
Are the Balkans still a powder keg in the EU’s backyard ? A Kosovar vision, Evening conference, 11 April 2024
Political integration and disintegration of Central Europe: a historical perspective, Evening conference, 25 January 2024
Understanding, anticipating and adapting to climate change: what are the challenges for the armed forces?, Evening conference, 20 December 2023
The future of Defence in and of Europe, Evening conference, 29 November 2023
Mad or Bad? Forensic psychology and the will to go beyond a binary look on radicalisation, Evening conference, 23 November 2023
Lessons Learned from European development projects in Niger, Evening conference, 26 October 2023
Will the EU Rapid Deployment Capacity be operational by 2025?, Evening conference, 4 May 2023
Belgium, Europe and Strategic Autonomy in Space, Evening conference, 16 February 2023
Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict for the OSCE and for peace and stability in Europe, Evening conference, 19 January 2023
The Gas Equation in the Eastern Mediterranean: Regional Setup and International Ramifications, Evening conference, 27 October 2022
The challenges of Western military capabilities in the light of the Ukraine crisis, Evening conference, 21 September 2022
Six months of war in Ukraine: challenges and consequences for European security, Evening conference, 15 September 2022
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the security dimension of EU-China connectivity, Evening conference, 27 January 2022
The fight against pandemics: a new strategic priority for European armies?, Evening conference, 16 December 2021
Naval Power and Geostrategic Perspectives: The British Example, Evening conference, 14 October 2021
The EU and the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead, Online evening conference, 17 June 2021
Brexit and European Cooperation, Evening conference, 23 January 2020
The EU, Russia and the changing shape of the Arctic, Evening conference, 12 December 2019
US-China Relations under the Trump Administration: Europe Caught in a Trap?, Evening conference, 19 September 2019
European Defence: the capability issue, Evening conference, 25 April 2019
Russia’s National Security Strategy and Military Doctrine : Implications for the EU and NATO, Evening conference, 21 June 2018