by Professor David Fouquet* | Dec 16, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
In spite the geopolitical escalation and fiery rhetoric between the West and Iran in recent weeks, there are indications that lines of communications remain active with some hope of a window of opportunity opening to a new phase of negotiations and some sort of...
by Victor Mahieu* | Dec 6, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The U.S has many times voiced concerns over the Europeans’ will to develop a strategic autonomy in recent years. Arguably, the different defence initiatives the EU is undertaking could undermine NATO’s strength by creating duplications and discrimination between...
by Alexy Zender* | Dec 1, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump has said that he wants to buy Greenland Island. This request surprised both the autonomous administration of Greenland and Denmark. Upon the reactions from both sides, Trump canceled the official visit...
by Arnout Molenaar* | Nov 29, 2019 | Commentary, Event, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Proceedings
We had a lot of development on defense over the last two years. In 2016, the security environment changed, the strategic context was changed and of course the political context with Brexit was changed. It was like the perfect storm and it came together around the...
by Elena Lazarou* | Nov 28, 2019 | Commentary, Event, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Proceedings
Thank you very much. I have to say that I will not provide an institutional point of view from the European Parliament but a research point of view. When I was asked to speak about the implications of PESCO for the transatlantic defence industry, my first reaction was...
by Dr. Aziz Erdogan* | Nov 27, 2019 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
Dr. Aziz Erdogan* & Paul Weber** 1. Introduction The UN Charter is a certification of the system created with the Westphalian Treaty of 1648, in that the charter recognizes the state as an equal member of the family of nations. As such, the state is to be...
