Other publications

Overview

• Articles & chapters in books or journals
• Papers & Presentations
• Briefings of Observatoire de l'Afrique
• View the contributions of Sven Biscop and Thomas Renard on the Blog site Ideas on Europe - European Geostrategy Feed

Articles & chapters in books or journals

• EU counterterrorism strategy: value added or chimera?, Rik Coolsaet, in International Affairs, Vol. 86 No. 4, July 2010, pp. 857-874.
• Congo 'viert feest', Koen Vlassenroot, in Sampol, 2010, nr. 6, pp. 68-72.
• Le Syndrome de Copenhague, Thomas Renard, in Revue de Défense Nationale, n°6, June 2010.
• The ENP, Security and Democracy in the Context of the European Security Strategy, Sven Biscop, in Richard G. Whitman & Stefan Wolff (eds.), The European Neighbourhood Policy in Perspective, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2010.
• Coping with the Copenhagen syndrome, Thomas Renard, in E!Sharp, 10 March 2010.
• Sven Biscop contributed chapters on the European Security Strategy and on Permanent Structured Cooperation to the first CSDP Handbook published under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and the Austrian Ministry of Defence.
• The European Union as a Security Actor: Cooperative Multilateralism, Sven Biscop and Thomas Renard, in Security and Human Rights, vol. 21:1, 2010, pp.12-17.
• 2010: en toen werd de EU een grootmacht?, Sven Biscop, in AP n°1, 2010, pp. 16-19.
• An EDA as ambitious as the Lisbon Treaty, Jo Coelmont, in EDA Bulletin, Issue 13, Febr. 2010, pp.6-7.
• DRC Politics. The politics of Continuity?, Hans Hoebeke, in The african.org, Issue 5, Febr./March 2010.
• Afghanistan : une guerre stratégique pour l’Europe, un conflit existentiel pour l’OTAN, Thomas Renard & Tanguy Struye, Défense et Sécurité Internationale (DSI), n°53, Nov. 2009.
• Défense Européenne, La Grande Illusion [European Defence, The Great Illusion] - Book Review, Thomas Renard, European Foreign Affairs Review, vol. 14:4 (2009), pp. 624-626.
• End-State Afghanistan, Jo Coelmont, in BEPA Monthly Brief, Issue 30, October 2009, pp. 13-15.
• Un climat de terreur: impacts potentiels du changement climatique sur le terrorisme, Thomas Renard, in Défense et Sécurité Internationale (DSI), Hors-Série n°8, octobre-novembre 2009.
• Strategisch partnerschap tussen de EU en de BRICs: waar is de strategie?, Sven Biscop and Thomas Renard, in Internationale Spectator, Oktober 2009 - 63(10), pp. 514-516.
• The EU's Strategic Partnerships with the BRIC: Where's the Strategy?, Sven Biscop and Thomas Renard, in BEPA Monthly Brief, issue 29, September 2009, pp. 6-8.
• Monsieur le Président vous n’avez pas d’armée. Evaluation de la reforme du secteur de sécurité et son impact sur les provinces du Kivus, Koen Vlassenroot, Hans Hoebeke et Henri Boshoff, dans Réforme au Congo (RDC) Attentes et désillusions, sous la direction de Theodore Trefon, 17 Sept. 2009 - Download the summary - Book orders.
• Afghanistan: Strategic war for Europeans, existential conflict for NATO, Thomas Renard, on the Blog Ideas on Europe - European Geostrategy, 8 Sep. 2009.
• Time for a European Union grand strategy, Sven Biscop, on the Blog Ideas on Europe - European Geostrategy, 18 Aug. 2009.
• Odd Couple or Dynamic Duo? The EU and Strategy in Times of Crisis, Sven Biscop, in European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 14, 2009, No. 3, pp. 367-384.
• Une stratégie de bon sens. Engager l’Organisation de Coopération de Shanghai dans la lutte contre le narcotrafic, Thomas Renard, in Défense et Sécurité Internationale (DSI), n°48, mai 2009.
• Europol report describes Afghanistan-Pakistan connection to trends in European Terrorism, Thomas Renard, in Terrorism Monitor, Vol VII, n°12 (8 May 2009).
• The Coming Order: Strategic and Geopolitical Impacts of the Economic Crisis, Thomas Renard, in World Politics Review, 14 april 2009.
• Quels partenariats pour renforcer le potentiel des diasporas pour le développement?, Romeo Matsas, in Migrations et Développement, Les Cahiers de la Coopération Internationale, n°10, mars 2009.
• Don’t overload the CAP, in the name of reform, Peter Timmerman, in Europe's World, Spring 2009.
• The Coming Order: Strategic and Geopolitical Impacts of the Economic Crisis, Thomas Renard, in World Politics Review, 14 april 2009.
• Quels partenariats pour renforcer le potentiel des diasporas pour le développement?, Romeo Matsas, in Migrations et Développement, Les Cahiers de la Coopération Internationale, n°10, mars 2009.
• President Obama, Europe and the Middle East, Sven Biscop, in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs III : 1, 2009.
• Djihad en Allemagne: La Connexion Ouzbèke, Les Cahiers du RMES, volume 5, numéro 2, hiver 2008-2009.
• The Georgia-Russia Stalemate: Do's and Don'ts: Rik Coolsaet, Rik Coolsaet, in SDA Discussion Paper, 11 Dec. 2008: The Georgia-Russia Stalemate: Dos and Don'ts for avoiding a new Cold War.
• Politics of regional integration in Central Africa, Thomas Stevens, Hans Hoebeke and Koen Vlassenroot, in Chrysantus Ayangafac (ed.), Political Economy of Regionalisation in Central Africa, ISS Monograph Series No 155, Nov. 2008.
• La Stratégie européenne de sécurité : mettre en oeuvre l’approche holistique, Sven Biscop, in L’Europe de la défense : acteurs, enjeux et processus (Flyer + Bon de commande), Les Champs de Mars, n°19, Jan. 2008.
• EU and China: Partners in Effective Multilateralism, Sven Biscop, Liselotte Odgaard, in David Kerr and Liu Fei (eds.), The International Politics of EU-China Relations, British Academy Occasional Papers number 10, 2008.
• A Defining Commitment for the EU: Preventing (Even More) Conflict in the Middle East, Sven Biscop, in Anders Mellbourn and Peter Wallensteen (eds.), Third Parties and Conflict Prevention, Anna Lindh Books 2008 Edition, pp.77-93.
• België en de Europese begroting, Karel Van Hecke, in L'Europe à la croisée des chemins : quelles politiques européennes pour la Belgique ?, Cahiers du CEPESS, 22 Sept. 2007.
• The EU and Euro-Mediterranean Security: A New Departure?, Sven Biscop, in Nicola Casarini and Costanze Musu (eds.), European Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System. The Road Towards Convergence, August 2007.
• Lebanon: Wait and See Is Not an Option!, Sven Biscop, in Expert Advisory Group (EAG) Policy Paper, n°1, June 2007: Changing Realities in the Region.
• De Democratische Republiek Congo: tussen neo-patrimonialisme en wederopbouw, Hans Hoebeke, Koen Vlassenroot, in Internationale Spectator, Jg 61, nr 5, mei 2007, pp. 248-251.
• Europa en het Midden-Oosten: tijd voor leiderschap - naast of tegenover de Verenigde Staten, Sven Biscop, opiniestuk in Internationale Spectator, jg. 61, nr. 4, april 2007, pp. 218-219.
• Europe and the Middle East: Time to resume Leadership - including towards the US, Sven Biscop, in CFSP Forum, Vol. 5, n°2, March 2007.
• Towards a new agreement between Russia and the European Union?, Sami Andoura, in VESTNIK ANALITIKI - Foreign Affairs, n°29 (3-2007), Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis (ISSA), Moscow.
• Towards a real new energy policy for the European Union ?, Franklin Dehousse, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• The Internal European Energy Market, Franklin Dehousse, Sami Andoura and Renaud Dehin, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• Security of supply and the external dimension of a European energy policy?, Sami Andoura, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• Coal power in the European Union, Karel Van Hecke, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• Nuclear energy in the European Union, Karel Van Hecke, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• Energy and climate change in the European Union, Franklin Dehousse and Niels Boutroue Bekkhus, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• The Stern Review and the question of energy and climate change in the European Union, Niels Boutroue Bekkhus, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°2, 2007: Towards a real European Energy Policy?
• La logique du juste retour et ses effets pervers, Sami Andoura and Karel Van Hecke, in Eyes on Europe, Issue n° 6, Spring 2007, pp. 54-56.
• The legal personality of the European Union, in Philippe de Schoutheete and Sami Andoura, Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°1, 2007.
• The EU and Conflict Peacebuilding in the DRC, Hans Hoebeke, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LX, n°1, 2007: GLOBAL EUROPE - Special Issue on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and the 60th anniversary of the Institute.
• EU support to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rapports et Documents, Hans Hoebeke, Stéphanie Carette, Koen Vlassenroot, in L'action de l'Europe en Afrique, Centre d’analyse stratégique, Paris, 2007, pp.52-71.
• The Democratic Republic of Congo and the evolution of ESD, in The EU's Africa Strategy: what are the lessons of the Congo Mission, SDA Discussion Paper, Security and Defence Agenda, Brussels, 2007, pp. 34-35.
• A New EU-Russia Agreement: Legal and Political Aspects, Sami Andoura and Marius Vahl, in The EU-Russia Review, Issue Two, Nov. 2006, Editor Fraser Cameron.
• The Evolution of Intergovernmental Cooperation in the European process, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Challenge Europe (Feb. 2007), the online magazine of the European Policy Center, 21 Nov. 2006.
• The European Union and eGovernment, Franklin Dehousse and Karel Van Hecke, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LIX, n°3, 2006.
• Eb en vloed in 60 jaar Nederlands-Belgische betrekkingen, Rik Coolsaet, in Internationale Spectator, jg. 60, nr. 11, november 2006, pp. 585-589.
• De Europese Veiligheidsstrategie twee jaar later. Eerste balans van een integratieproject, Sven Biscop, in Atlantisch Perspectief 3, 2006.
• Scenarios for escaping the constitutional impasse, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Europe's World, summer 2006.
• L'Avenir du Traité Constitutionnel, Philippe de Schoutheete, in Annales d'Etudes Européennes de l'UCL, Vol.8, 2005-2006.
• Understanding the new security environment: a comprehensive approach?, Sven Biscop, in KHID-IRSD, New answers to new threats? Our Western society facing new security challenges. Symposium proceedings 30 Nov. 2005, IRSD-KHID, Brussel, 2006, pp. 13-17.
• Effective multilateralism and collective security: empowering the UN, Sven Biscop, in Katie Verlin Laatikainen & Karen E. Smith (eds.), The European Union at the United Nations. Intersecting Multilateralisms, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 2006, pp. 115-132.
• The stability and growth Pact has it a future?, Tania Zgajewski and Kalila Hajjar, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LVII, n°6, 2004 (published in Nov. 2005).
• The European Union and the United Nations. Partners in effective mulitlateralism, Sven Biscop, Francesco Francioni, Kennedy Graham with Tânia Felício, Jeffrey Laurenti and Thierry Tardy, in Chaillot Paper 78, June 2005: cover and text.
• De Economische en Sociale Raad, Valérie Arnould, in Jan Wouters and Cedric Ryngaert (red.), De Verenigde Naties: Een wereld van verschil?, Leuven, Acco, 2005.
• The Lisbon strategy: Which failure? Whose failure? and Why?, Tania Zgajewski and Kalila Hajjar, in Egmont Paper, n°6, 22 March 2005.
• What Prospects for the European Constitutional Treaty?, in EPIN Working Paper, n°12, Jan. 2005. Contribution from Dr. Annabelle Littoz-Monnet and Kalila Hajjar.
• Able and Willing? Assessing the EU's Capacity for Military Action, Sven Biscop, in European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 9, No. 9, 2004, pp. 509-527. Beschikbaar op verzoek/disponible sur demande /available on request:
• The European Security Strategy and the Neighbourhood Policy: A New Starting Point for a Euro-Mediterranean Security Partnership?, Sven Biscop, in Fulvio Attinà & Rosa Rossi (eds.), European Neighbourhood Policy: Political, Economic and Social Issues. Catania, University of Catania, 2004, pp. 25-36. Beschikbaar op verzoek/disponible sur demande / available on request:
• GLOBAL EUROPE Report 1: Effective Multilateralism Europe, Regional Security and a Revitalised UN, edited by Espen Barth Eide. Contributors: Martin Ortega, Valérie Arnould, Sven Biscop, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Richard Gowan.
  The Foreign Policy Centre, The British Council, The European Commission, in association with Wilton Park, published by The Foreign Policy Centre, Dec. 2004.
• L'Union européenne face aux nouveaux défis du terrorisme, sous la direction de Fr. Dehousse, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LVII, n°4-5, 2004.
• L'échange des données personnelles des passagers aériens entre l'UE et les Etats Unis: une mise en lumières des faiblesses de l'UE dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, Tania Zgajewski, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LVII, n°4-5, 2004.
• Al-Qaeda tussen mythen en realiteit, Rik Coolsaet, in Internationale Spectator, jg. 58, nr. 11, november 2004, pp. 523-530.
• EU funding: it's all about give and take..., Wouter Coussens, in European Voice, 15-21 July 2004.
• A fair solution to the UK rebate conundrum, Wouter Coussens, in Idea 3, Ideas Factory Europe, July 2004.
• Vers le marché unique des transports ferroviaires: les avantages et les dangers de la stratégie européenne, Franklin Dehousse, Catherine Thiry and Pierre Van Den Brule, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LVII, n°2, 2004.
• Flexible Integration: What could be the potential applications?, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, in EPC Working Paper n°9, Integrating Europe. Multiple speeds - One direction? (April 2004). In the EPC-journal Challenge Europe: One Europe − multiple speeds?
• The European Security Strategy. Implementing a Distinctive Approach to Security, Sven Biscop, published by the Royal Defence College (IRSD-KHID), Brussels, in Sécurité & Stratégie, Paper n°82, March 2004.
• The hopes and limits of flexible integration in the future Europe, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens (eds.), in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LVI, n°4, 2003.
• La convention sur le futur de l'Europe: un état des lieux, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, in Journal des Tribunaux, 29 March 2003.

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Papers & Presentations

• On 26 July, Sven Biscop addressed the security dimension at a workshop on "The EU and Asia: Inter-regionalism and Asia-Europe Cooperation", hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai. On that occasion, he was officially awarded the title of Senior Research Associate of the Centre for European Studies at the Renmin University of China (CESRUC) in Beijing, which co-organized the workshop and where he has been a frequent guest lecturer.
• At an expert seminar on Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence organized by the Belgian Presidency of the EU in the Royal Military Academy on 13 July 2010, Sven Biscop spoke in the last panel, which was chaired by Jo Coelmont, about the strengths and opportunities of the concept and its added value at the EU and the national level. In the run-up to the seminar, the EU Institute for Security studies published the views of Prof. Biscop and Brig-Gen. Coelmont as EUISS Opinion - Press release.
• On 29 June 2010 at UNRIC in Brussels, Brig-Gen (R) Jo Coelmont gave the lecture "Het belang van de niet-militaire aspecten van vredesoperaties" - Report.
• On 18 June 2010 at the graduation ceremony of the College of Europe in Bruges, Brig-Gen (R) Jo Coelmont on behalf of the Institute handed the first ever Egmont Award for the Best Thesis on the External Relations of the EU to Mr. Tobias Felix Franke, for his MA dissertation "Nosce Te Ipsum – Positioning the EU’s CSDP as a Regional Ordnungsmacht".
• On 10-13 May 2010 Jean-Christophe Hoste gave the lecture "Where was united Africa in the climate change negotiations?" at the conference: After the Financial Crisis, A Progressive Agenda for Africa organised by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Cape Town.
• On 12 May 2010 Thomas Renard gave a speech on the EU-South Africa strategic partnership at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Brussels.
• In the first two weeks of May, Sven Biscop lectured on EU foreign and security policy as a visiting professor at Renmin University in Beijing. On 7 May he also spoke in the opening plenary of a conference about the Lisbon Treaty at Sichuan University in Chengdu.
• On 8-9 May 2010 Sven Biscop talked about the EU after the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.
• On 4-5 May 2010 Thomas Renard gave a presentation on the EU-China relationship in a changing global environment at Renmin University in Beijing, China.
• On 23 March 2010 Jean-Christophe Hoste gave a lecture about "Understanding the political economy of the African Group in the run up to Copenhagen and the implications for the future", EDC2020 Post Copenhagen: Practical Consequences for Europe Briefing session for Parliamentarians and Policy Makers.
• At the request of Belgian Foreign Affairs, on 8 March Egmont organized a roundtable with two members of the Group of Experts preparing a new strategic concept for NATO, Ambassador Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Peyra and Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld, who met with expert academics and journalists from Belgium as part of their round of consultations with civil society in all Allied countries.
• Recente strategische ontwikkelingen m.b.t. België's resterende kerntaak, Rik Coolsaet, Commissie Nucleaire Ontwapening, Senaat, 2 maart 2010.
• Of Greeks and Romans: The EU, US and Security Strategy in a Multipolar World, Sven Biscop, Fride Policy Brief n°35, Feb. 2010.
• The United States, NATO and the European Union: Partnership in the Balance, Robert Hunter and Sven Biscop, Atlantic Council SAG Issue Brief, Feb. 2010.
• On 4 Feb. 2010 Sven Biscop lectured about the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in the Advanced Command and Staff Course in Shrivenham, UK.
• On 30 Jan. 2010 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. 2010 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 30 Jan. 2010 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. 2010 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 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. 2009 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. 2009 Thomas Renard gave a speech on the geopolitical implications of the global crisis at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Brussels.
• The Health Check: further steps to adapt the Common Agricultural Policy to new realities, Peter Timmerman, Working Paper European Affairs Program, 1/2009.
• On 27 Nov. 2009 Sven Biscop gave a guest lecture on European and Atlantic defence strategy in the “Military Strategy Course” at the Netherlands Defence College in The Hague.
• On 27 Nov. 2009 Thomas Renard gave a speech on the "EU-India strategic partnership in a multipolar world" during an event in Paris co-organised by the Fondation Jean Jaure´`es and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).
• On 6 Nov. 2009 Jean-Christophe Hoste gave a lecture about "Climate change and security in sub-Sahara Africa" in a training course for European journalists organised by the European Journalism Centre.
• On 5 Nov. 2009 Jean-Christophe Hoste gave a lecture about “Changement climatique et sécurité en Afrique” in a training programme organised for African diplomats developed and organized by WBI and the Egmont Institute.
• Governance without Government. Urban Development and the Role of the Congolese State in the City of Goma, paper presented by Koen Vlassenroot and Karen Büscher at the Urban International Conference ‘Poverty in Medium and Small Cities of Developing Countries’, Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences of Belgium and UN-HABITAT, Brussels, 26-28 October 2009.
• On 6 Oct. 2009 Sven Biscop spoke at the opening conference (programme of the new Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire (IRSEM) in Paris. Inaugurating the new institute, Mr. Hervé Morin, French Minister of Defence, referred to Egmont as one of the first rate international think tanks with which IRSEM should develop a close partnership (speech van Morin).
• Reconfiguring local political orders ? Rural militias and governance in eastern DR Congo, paper presented by Koen Vlassenroot at ‘Rebel Governance Conference’, Yale University, 2-4 October 2009.
• 'Les Baronies du Désordre', The politics of post-transition in eastern DR Congo, paper presented by Koen Vlassenroot at Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, New York, 1 October 2009.
• Beyond Kinshasa: Defining the Issues, paper presented by Koen Vlassenroot at Roundtable on Great Lakes/Greater Congo Issues, Outreach, Washington, 29 September 2009.
• On 16 Sept. 2009 the WEU Assembly held a hearing with Sven Biscop, who presented his joint study with Simon Serfaty about "Euro-Atlantic security strategy".
• Traditionally, Egmont supports the first module of the annual High-Level Course of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), which took off in Brussels on 14 September 2009. Sven Biscop lectured about recent developments in ESDP for an audience of over 60 officials from all EU Member States and from the European institutions. See: https://ue.eu.int/showPage.aspx?id=1382&lang=nl.
• On 11 Sept. 2009 Sven Biscop spoke at the 2nd Annual CFSP Review Conference, organized by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin, where he addressed the lessons learnt from ESDP operations.
• The logics of mobilisation: The proliferation of armed groups in South Kivu, paper presented by Koen Vlassenroot at the Seminar ‘The Post-Conflict State in the DRC’, Egmont/ISS, Pretoria, 24-25 August 2009.
• A Shared Security Strategy for a Euro-Atlantic Partnership of Equals, Simon Serfaty and Sven Biscop, July 20, 2009 -- CSIS online Report.
• On 25 June 2009 Sven Biscop addressed the European Security Strategy (ESS) at a conference about the EU as a global actor organized by the Higher School for Economics of the State University in Moscow. On that occasion, his recent work about the ESS was published in Russian in the International Organizations Research Journal.
• On 12 June 2009 Jean-Christophe Hoste gave a lecture about “Climate change and insecurity in Africa” at the International Symposium “Developing Countries Facing Global Warming:: a Post-Kyoto Assessment” organised by the United Nations Brussels and the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences.
• On 29 May 2009 Jean-Christophe Hoste was discussant at the "Development Policy Forum roundtable: a climate change protection plan for the world’s poor".
• On 22 May 2009 Sven Biscop gave the opening speech at a conference about the European Security Strategy at the University of Cambridge (http://www.intstudies.cam.ac.uk/).
• On 21 May 2009 Sven Biscop addressed a group of parliamentary advisors from South East Europe about the EU’s view of regional security, at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF, http://www.dcaf.ch/).
• On 13 May 2009 Sven Biscop addressed a conference in Rome, organized by the offices of the European Commission and European Parliament and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), about the priorities for EU foreign and security policy in the legislative period 2009-2014.
• On 21 April 2009 Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop gave a lecture at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) in Stockholm about A Common European Security Strategy – EU and NATO?
• La PAC et les autres politiques européennes: particularités et convergences, Nadège Chambon et Peter Timmerman, Synthèse de séminaire, Mars 2009.
• Thomas Renard, The Crisis, the Great Game, and the EU, Guest Lecture at the College of Europe (Bruges), 25 March 2009.
• Sven Biscop participated at the SDA Evening Debate "Can NATO's solidarity crisis be fixed?" - Discussants addressed the main findings of the study through the principal question of the weakening solidarity within the Alliance - March 26th 2009.
• Les Membres d'Alliance Géostratégique, La Blogosphère Stratégique Francophone, Lettre d'Informations de Défense Nationale et Sécurité Collective, n°65, mars 2009.
  
• A Future Agenda for the European Security and Defence Policy, Fundación Alternativas, Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Egmont, February 2009.
• Climate change and Security, Conference Report, CERI, Paris - 20 Jan. 2009, Jean-Christophe Hoste, 26 March 2009 - Report (EN) - Rapport (FR).
• The Strategic Planning of EU Military Operations - The Case of EUFOR TCHAD / RCA, Alexander Mattelaer, IES Working Paper 5, 2008. Alexander Mattelaer is writing a PhD on European security at the Institute for European Studies of the VUB, under the co-supervision of Sven Biscop of the Egmont Institute.
• Skating on thin ice: Europe's internal climate policy and its position in the world, Louise van Schaik and Karel Van Hecke, Working Paper European Affairs Program, Dec. 2008.
• Politics of regional integration in Central Africa, Thomas Stevens, Hans Hoebeke and Koen Vlassenroot, in Chrysantus Ayangafac (ed.), Political Economy of Regionalisation in Central Africa, ISS Monograph Series No 155, Nov. 2008.
• Assessing Security Sector Reform and its Impact on the Kivu Provinces, Hans Hoebeke, Henri Boshoff and Koen Vlassenroot, ISS Situation Report, 26 Nov. 2008.
• Artisanal diamond mining. Perspectives and challenges, Koen Vlassenroot and Steven Van Bockstael (eds.), Nov. 2008. Flyer - order form.
• On October 30 2008, Romeo Matsas, presented the official Working Paper of Session 1.2 on Empowering Migrants and Diasporas To Contribute to Development co-chaired by Belgium and El Salvador during the government meeting of the second meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Manila, The Philippines. For more information, see www.gfmd2008.org.
• Governance of the EU: The Reform Debate on European Agencies Reignited, Sami Andoura and Peter Timmerman, EPIN Working Paper, n°19, 14 Oct. 2008.
• Health Check of the CAP: What’s at stake?, Jacques Keller-Noëllet and Peter Timmerman, Working Paper European Affairs Program, n°4, 2008.
• Permanent Structured Cooperation and the Future of ESDP: Transformation and Integration, Sven Biscop, presented at the 3rd seminar in the EUISS-coordinated series on the European Security Strategy, Helsinki, 18-19 September 2008.
• Fragile Statehood in Africa: A useful paradigm for action?, Conference Report, Observatoire de l'Afrique, EGMONT, August 2008.
• Peace in the Kivu’s? An analysis of the Nairobi and Goma Agreements, Henri Boshoff and Hans Hoebeke, ISS Situation Report, 30 July 2008.
• A quoi sert l'Union Européenne au 21ème siècle?, Philippe de Schoutheete, discours donné lors de la Conférence inaugurale des cours d’été du Mouvement européen basque. Saint Sébastien, 7 juillet 2008.
• Introduction to the Migration and Development Nexus (M&D), Romeo Matsas, lecture in French given at the General Information Cycle organized by the Belgian Technical Cooperation, June 28, 2008.
• The Global Forum on Migration and Development: A New Path for Global Governance?, Romeo Matsas, paper presented at the 2008 ACUNS Annual Meeting The United Nations and Global Development Architecture, Bonn, Germany, 5-7 June 2008.
• Quels partenariats pour renforcer le potentiel des diasporas pour le développement ?, Romeo Matsas, séminaire introductif des organisations membres du Groupe de Travail Migrations et Développement du CNCD- 11.11.11 La Cohérence des Politiques de Migration et de Développement, Bruxelles, 12 juin 2008.
• Concurrence et différenciation des présidences : Les nouveaux défis institutionnels, Philippe de Schoutheete, intervention lors d’un colloque sur la présidence, à l’Institut d’Etudes européennes de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, 29 April 2008.
• On 24 April 2008 Jean-Christophe Hoste was a discussant at the GARNET Conference EU in International Affairs on the panel EU in Africa.
• Quel avenir pour la Politique européenne de voisinage ?, Jacques Keller-Noëllet and Sami Andoura, Working Paper European Affairs Program, n°3, 2008.
• La Russie après le 2 mars, Pierre-Etienne Champenois, Working Paper European Affairs Program, n°2, Feb. 2008.
• The Kyoto Policy of Belgium, Karel Van Hecke and Tania Zgajewski, Egmont Paper, n°18, Feb. 2008.
• Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Guinea-Bissau, Africa Briefing Report, Observatoire de l'Afrique, EGMONT, Feb. 2008.
• La République Démocratique du Congo et ses voisins - Les défis de l'intégration régionale en Afrique Centrale : Report of the conference 12 Dec. 2007 -- Speeches available.
• Security Sector Reform in Sub-Sahara Africa, Stefan Liebig, Conference Report, Observatoire de l'Afrique, 21 Jan. 2008.
• The Treaty of Lisbon: Implementing the Institutional Innovations, Joint Study CEPS, EGMONT and EPC, Nov. 2007.
• Keynote address of Jean-Christophe Hoste at the Kimberley Process Civil Society Workshop on the Egmont Institute Artisanal Diamond Mining Project, 4 Nov. 2007.
• Report and outcomes of the first meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development: Remittances and other diaspora resources, Romeo Matsas, presentation at the Annual Meeting of the CDE’s European Institutional Network - Lanzarote, 27 September 2007.
• Towards Stability in Côte d’Ivoire ?, Dr. Karel Arnaut, Dr. Xavier Zeebroek, Alex Vines and Emilie Serralta, Egmont Africa Briefing, 4 July 2007.
• Towards a new agreement between Russia and the European Union?, Sami Andoura, in VESTNIK ANALITIKI - Foreign Affairs, n°29 (3-2007), Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis (ISSA), Moscow.
• The International Nexus between Energy and Climate Change. Presentation at an international conference: Workshop or Talking Shop? Globalization, Security and the Legitimacy of the G8, organised by the EGMONT Institute, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and G8 Research Group, Brussels, Niels Bekkhus, 24-25 May 2007.
• The International Security Engagement of the European Union - Courage and Capabilities for a More Active EU Report from the 1P stP European Strategic Forum, Warsaw 2006, Sven Biscop, Internationale Politikanalyse - International Policy Analysis Unit, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Jan. 2007.
• Will the EU be able to reverse reconfirmation of patrimonial rule in the DRC?, Koen Vlassenroot, Hans Hoebeke, 19 Dec. 2006.
• The European Union and the transition to Digital Television, Franklin Dehousse, Karel Van Hecke and Tania Zgajewski, in Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LIX, n°3, 2006.
• L’action de l’Europe en Afrique dans le domaine de la sécurité, Centre d’analyse stratégique (voir aussi: http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=489), Actes du colloque du 25 Octobre 2006.
• The Politics of Transition in the DRC, Hans Hoebeke, Africa Policy & Research notes, n°1, IRRI-KIIB, 18 October 2006.
• Towards an audiovisual media services directive: an analysis of the Commission's proposal, Karel Van Hecke, 6 June 2006.
• The Ambiguous Ambition. The Development of the EU Security Architecture, Sven Biscop, paper presented at the colloquium The EC/EU: A World Security Actor? An Assessment after 50 Years of the External Actions of the EC/EU, Paris, EU Institute for Security Studies, 15 September 2006.
• Strategy or Stratagem? The European Security Strategy in Perspective, Sven Biscop, paper presented at the UACES 36th Annual Conference and 11th Research Conference. Exchanging Ideas on Europe 2006.
• CRIV 51 COM 986. Version Provisoire. Chambre des Repr. de Belgique - Belg. Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers: Compte rendu intégral: Réunion commune des Commissions de la Défense nationale et des relations extérieures de la Chambre et de la Commission des Relations Extérieures et de la Défense du Sénat - Integraal Verslag : Gemeenschappelijke vergadering van de Commissies voor de landsverdediging en voor de buitenlandse betrekkingen van de Kamer en van de Commissie voor de Buitenlandse Betrekkingen en voor de Landsverdediging van de Senaat - 06/06/2006 - Après-midi - Namiddag. L'avenir de l'OTAN - De toekomst van de NAVO.
• The Lisbon strategy: what's wrong?, Tania Zgajewski, 03 May 2006.
• The European debate on services: some lessons for the future, Philippe de Schoutheete and Charles Secondat, 24 April 2006.
• Les nouvelles perspectives de la coopération Schengen : le traité de Prüm, Franklin Dehousse and Diane Sifflet, April 2006.
• The EU and China: Partners in Effective Multilateralism?, Liselotte Odgaard, Sven Biscop, paper presented at the conference on the International Politics of EU-China Relations sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the British Academy, 20-21 April 2006.
• Assessment of the cooperation between EU and Russia, Sami Andoura, March 2006.
• New Leadership in a New European Union, Philippe de Schoutheete and Charles Secondat, 02 Feb. 2006.
• Radicalisation and Europe's counter-terrorism strategy, Rik Coolsaet, The Transatlantic Dialogue on Terrorism - CSIS/Clingendael, The Hague, Dec. 8-9, 2005.
• Questions juridiques liées aux négociations menées au sein de l'OMC dans le cadre du Programme de Doha pour le Développement, Sami Andoura, Dec. 2005.
• The EU's capacity to absorb Turkey, Sami Andoura, Nov. 2005.
• Network or Labyrinth?, Sven Biscop, paper for Presentation at the Helsinki Monitor Conference, OSCE's Future after 30 Years, Vienna, 9 September 2005.
• Turkey and the European Union. The implications of a specific enlargement, Annabelle Littoz-Monnet and Beatriz Villanueva Penas, 4 April 2005.
• The European Security Strategy and the Neighbourhood Policy: A New Starting Point for a Euro-Mediterranean Security Partnership?, Sven Biscop, paper presented at EUSA Ninth Biennial International Conference, Austin, Texas, 31 March − 2 April 2005.
• Effective multilateralism and collective security: empowering the UN, Sven Biscop, Edith Drieskens, IIEB Working Paper 16, March 2005.
• Security in the 21st Century: EU and UN Approaches, Valérie Arnould, paper presented to the Japan-EU Think Tank Roundtable on Next steps in Global Governance, EPC-NIRA-Japan Foundation, 13-15 Jan. 2005, Tokyo. (See also EPC Issue Paper n°24).
• L'avenir de l'OTAN, Dominique Struye de Swielande, intervention du Représentant Permanent de la Belgique à l'OTAN, l'Ambassadeur Dominique Struye, devant le Collège de Défense de l'OTAN, Rome, 19 Nov. 2004.
• The results of the Intergovernmental Conference. An Assessment in the Light of the Convention's Draft, Franklin Dehousse, Wouter Coussens, Jordi Garcia and Pierre Van Den Brule, 18 Aug. 2004.
• The world is the stage: a global security strategy for the European Union, Sven Biscop, Rik Coolsaet, Notre Europe Policy Papers n°8, Dec. 2003 - see also: http://www.notre-europe.eu.
• A More Efficient United Nations: EU's Contribution, Sven Biscop, introductory speech to the Panel of the Seminar on the EU Security Strategy, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris, 6-7 October 2003.
• European Security: What, Why, When, How ?, Rik Coolsaet, opening lecture given at the Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 7 October 2003.
• Staying on Course − the Quadrilateral Defence Summit and the European Security and Defence Policy in the wake of '9/11' and Iraq, Sven Biscop, June 2003.
• Rebellen in de NAVO, voortrekkers in de EU? Een post-Irak regime voor het veiligheids- en defensiebeleid, Sven Biscop, May 2003.
• Le Traité constitutionnel de la Convention pour l'Europe : un nouveau pas pour l'intégration européenne?, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, Courrier hebdomadaire n°1808-1809 du CRISP, 2003.
• Towards effective and accountable leadership of the Union: options and guidelines for reform, Wouter Coussens and Ben Crum (CEPS), Jan. 2003. (This paper is the result of collaboration between the Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations (KIIB - IRRI). It is published as part of the Working Paper series of the European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN)). See also the Executive summary.
• The enlargement of the European Union. Opportunities and threats, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, Sept. 2002  (extract from the next edition of Studia Diplomatica: Introduction, Table of Contents, General Conclusions. For the full text, see: Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LIV, n°4, 2001).
• The Perils of a European Constitution, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, Sept. 2002.
  A Constitution of the European Union. Basic Treaty, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, Sept. 2002.
  (Prepared in collaboration with the EPC (www.epc.eu) and the Collège européen Miguel Servet)
• Questionnaire sur l'avenir de l'Europe: analyse des réponses, Jordi Garcia Martinez, 12 June 2002.
• Fight against crime in the European Union: analysis of the situation and perspectives for the future, Franklin Dehousse and Jordi Garcia Martinez, 29 May 2002.
• Which distribution of competences for the EU?, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, 18 April 2002.
• The Commission's propositions for the enlargement negotiations on agriculture, structural funds and the budget: an analysis, Franklin Dehousse and Wouter Coussens, 24 Feb. 2002.

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