16 March 2010: L'enjeu afghan: terrorisme ou insurrection? Ses conséquences régionales et internationales
-Conference with Gérard Chaliand.

MO, 27 Jan.: Islamspecialist Olivier Roy: ‘We begrijpen niets van de nieuwe godsdienstigheid’.

RFI.fr, 27 Jan.: Sven Biscop sur le nouveau concept stratégique de l'OTAN.

Diploweb.com, 16 Jan.:
From ESDP to CSDP : Time for some Strategy, Sven Biscop.

EUobserver, 12 Jan.:
From the new G20 to a new multilateral order, Thomas Renard.

RFI, 06 Jan.:
Tinne Heremans comments on: L’organisation de l’Union européenne face à la crise.

Alliance Géostratégique, 6 Jan. 2010:
Un Haut Représentant a besoin d’une Grande Stratégie, Sven Biscop.

RFI, 06 Jan. 2010:
Jo Coelmont on: Réunion des ministres des Affaires étrangères de l'OTAN sur la question de l'Afghanistan.

RTBF.be, 29 Dec. 2009:
Bilan international de la decennie with Rik Coolsaet.

Het Nieuwsblad, 29 Dec. 2009:
Opinion of R. Coolsaet on: Iran staat op de rand van revolutie.

Publications

Egmont Papers

n°35, Jan. 2010:

Fearing a 'Shiite Octopus'.
Sunni – Shi`a relations and the implications for Belgium and Europe, Jelle Puelings.
about the position of the Shiites, the Sunni-Shia relations, politics of religion, shift in the power balance...

n°34: Europe Rediscovers Peacekeeping? Political and Military Logics in the 2006 UNIFIL Enhancement, Alexander Mattelaer, Oct. 2009.

n°33: The value of power, the power of values: a call for an EU Grand Strategy, Sven Biscop (ed.), Oct. 2009.

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Studia Diplomatica

Vol. LXII, n°3:

Military crisis management: The challenge of inter-organizationalism
on the EU,UN,NATO,AU,inter-organizationalism,...

Vol. LXII, numéro spécial, 2009: La Belgique et sa politique étrangère. België en zijn buitenlandse politiek. Anno 2008, Rik Coolsaet and Tanguy De Wilde d'Estmael (éd./red.)

Vol. LXII: n°2: articles on Fragile states, ICC & Sudan, EU development policy

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Briefs & Commentaries

A Grand Strategy: Does it Matter in the Real World?, Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 7, February 2010.

To Rule The Waves: Why a Maritime Geostrategy is Needed to Sustain European Union, James Rogers, Security Policy Brief 6, Jan. 2010.

A Need for Strategy in a Multipolar World: Recommendations to the EU after Lisbon, Thomas Renard and Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 5, Jan. 2010.

Egmont’s Grand Strategy Project. A Strategy for the European Union in the Post-Cold War International System: a Third-party, Frédéric Ramel, Security Policy Brief 4, Jan. 2010.

Other Publications

DRC Politics. The politics of Continuity?, Hans Hoebeke, in The african.org, Issue 5, Febr./March 2010.

Conflict Management: Witnessing regional conflicts – guidelines for future practitioners, Joris Couvreur, Jan. 2010.

The Health Check: further steps to adapt the Common Agricultural Policy to new realities, Peter Timmerman, Working Paper European Affairs Program, 1/2009.

Afghanistan : une guerre stratégique pour l’Europe, un conflit existentiel pour l’OTAN, Thomas Renard & Tanguy Struye, Défense et Sécurité Internationale (DSI), n°53, November 2009.

Recent Past events

12 Jan. 2010: State of the Union: Annual Brussels Think Tank Forum 2010
-Annual Forum to deal with the Union's emerging politico-strategic agenda - Report,
18 Dec. 2009: Le traité de Lisbonne : quelle place pour l’Europe dans le monde du XXIème siècle?
-Conference with Pierre Lellouche, Secrétaire d’Etat français chargé des Affaires européennes - Report.

Other news

As one of 10 members of his Next Generation Advisory Panel, Sven Biscop attended the Panel’s first meeting with Admiral James Stavridis, SACEUR, at the Munich Security Conference on 5-7 February.
On 4 February, Sven Biscop lectured about the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in the Advanced Command and Staff Course in Shrivenham, UK.
From 80 candidates from Allies and PfP countries, Sven Biscop, has been selected as one of 10 members to serve on The Next Generation Advisory Board to Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of US European Command (EUCOM) and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). As such, he will participate in the annual Munich Security Conference or Wehrkunde on 5-7 February.
On 30 Jan. Sven Biscop spoke about "A strategy for CSDP operations in Africa and beyond" at the First Symposium of the African Federation for Strategic Studies, in Marrakech.
On 25 Jan. Sven Biscop gave a guest lecture on "The European Security Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities" at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), to a combined session of the ETC and ITC courses.
On 18 Jan. 2010 Sven Biscop gave a lecture about "Macht en waarden in het Middellandse Zeegebied: Tijd voor een EU-Strategie" at a conference organised by the European Movement of Belgium and MEDEA.
On 12 Jan. 2010 Thomas Renard gave a speech on "What strategy for the EU in a multipolar world" at the first State of the Union Think Tank Forum, an annual meeting organised by Brussels-based think tanks.
On 7 Dec. 2009, at the invitation of the Europe Society, Sven Biscop presented Egmont’s project for an EU Grand Strategy at the London School of Economics.
On 4 Dec., Sven Biscop spoke about EU Grand Strategy at the annual "Europaforum" (http://www.aies.at/aktuell/2009/europaforum.php) of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. The audio file of his intervention is available at http://www.aies.at/audio/2009_AIES_Biscop.mp3.
On 2 Dec., Thomas Renard gave a speech on the geopolitical implications of the global crisis at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Brussels.
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