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Sven Biscop

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2026

A Grand New European Security Strategy

Als Rusland er op het eind van de oorlog van overtuigd is dat het gewonnen heeft, zal het daar niet stoppen

Article in a newspaper

De VS hebben alle pretenties opgegeven

Trump Divides the World

2025

2025 : is Europe ready for the old normal?

Allies and Rivals

Amerikas Vasall

Diplomatic Pursuits

Disgrace in Washington, decisions in London

Dit is een moment van grote beslissingen, en élke beslissing houdt het risico op oorlog met Rusland in

Article in a newspaper

Don’t join the NATO Summit without knowing who you are

Door Europese soldaten naar Oekraïne te sturen, riskeren we oorlog met Rusland, maar dat risico is er sowieso

Article in a newspaper

Europa, Rusland, China: is dat voor Donald Trump nu één pot nat?

Article in a magazine

Ga niet naar de NAVO-top zonder te weten wie je bent

Article in a magazine

How the EU can support Europe’s NATO

Ik behoud liefst mijn verzekering in de vorm van een NAVO zonder Rusland, maar met een Europese pijler die sterk genoeg is

Article in a newspaper

In the shadows of our time

Is dit nu de NAVO? Die moet wel onze belangen dienen

Article in a newspaper

NATO : the damage is done – so think big

NAVO : de schade is geleden, dus durf te denken

Article in a newspaper

Oorlog en vrede : immer nog een kwestie van realpolitik

Bookchapter in De hel van Azovstal : 82 dagen Oekraïens verzet in Marioepol

Opkomst en ondergang: is Europa klaar voor het oude normaal?

Article in a magazine

Summits and sanctions, war and peace : is the EU still in the Game?

The price of obedience

Trump’s Europe policy : no longer different from Russia and China?

Ukraine now needs a European security guarantee, not a peace operation

2024

EU strategy 2025-2029 : we have the instruments, now set the objectives

Europa wilde niet denken over Oekraïne, Trump zal nu handelen

Article in a newspaper

European defence : no Zeitenwende yet

A1 Journal Article in DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS

European defense, with or without the CSDP

Bookchapter in EU Common Security and Defense Policy. Quo Vadis? How European capitals understand CSDP

Gelooft het Westen werkelijk nog dat Oekraïne kan winnen?

Article in a newspaper

If Russia 'protects' Transnistria, will the EU defend Moldova? And Georgia?

No end in sight? The West, China, and the Russo-Ukrainian War

Not another geopolitical commission, please!

Not another geopolitical commission, please!

A4 Journal Article in Aspenia International

PESCO : la última oportunidad

Sven BiscopBeatriz Cózar Murillo

PESCO : the last chance

Sven BiscopBeatriz Cózar Murillo

The coffee machine

The EU and the Red Sea : now this is geopolitics

The European Union discovers geopolitics : consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Bookchapter in The Palgrave handbook of contemporary geopolitics

The permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) of the European Union : means, ways, ends and tempo

Beatriz Cózar MurilloGuillem Colom PiellaSven Biscop

This is not a new world order : Europe rediscovers geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan

Ukraine : Europe refused to think, now Trump will act

Zouden wij Limburg zomaar opgeven?

Article in a newspaper

2023

Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them : coping with war around Europe

De estado tapón a estado fronterizo : la UE y el apoyo militar a Ucrania

De Europese Unie en Oekraïne : niet langer onze buffer, maar onze grens

Article in a magazine

EU military support for Ukraine : the time for half-measures is over

From buffer to frontier : Ukraine and the EU

Het komt China niet slecht uit dat de Russische agressiviteit op haar limieten botst

Article in a magazine

Het leger heeft een territoriale reserve nodig

Article in a newspaper

How the war in Ukraine shapes the multipolar world

Keeping it together? Realpolitik and solidarity in a multipolar world

La boussole stratégique de l’Union Européenne : de la décision à la mise-en-œuvre

Bookchapter in L’année de la défense nationale 2024 : comprendre les orientations stratégiques dans un monde en recomposition

La guerra por Ucrania y el redescubrimiento de la geopolítica

Article in a magazine

My summer in Beijing

Notre armée a besoin d'une réserve territoriale

Jonathan HolslagAlexander MattelaerSven BiscopTanguy Struye De SwielandeWannes Verstraete

Article in a newspaper

Regional actor, global player : can the EU get the best of both worlds?

Zachary PaikinShada IslamSven Biscop

Samenwerking tussen de legers van de Lage Landen : een lichtend voorbeeld

Stop het politiek toerisme naar Taiwan

Article in a magazine

Strategic diplomacy : the Germany case : country report for the project on ‘strategic diplomacy for 21st century defence and statecraft’

Sven BiscopJochen Prantl

The rediscovery of geopolitics

Ukraine : the price of China’s neutrality

Urgent, important, and our EU responsibility : military support for Ukraine

War for Ukraine and the rediscovery of geopolitics : must the EU draw new battlelines or keep an open door?

Wat echt op het spel staat nu Europa door oorlogen omringd is

Article in a magazine

We have to talk about (not Macron but) strategy

大国战略：探究21世纪大国关系

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2022

A European army for NATO?

A European defence summit in may 2022 : from compass to capabilities

Als Moskou de gaskraan ooit dichtdraait, gaat ze nooit meer open : dat moet onze boodschap zijn

Bidens wereldvisie : voor Amerika, met Europa, tegen China

Biden’s national security strategy : three important truths for Europe

Editorial material

De Oorlog in Oekraïne : de noodzaak van het waarborgen van één wereld

Bart DesseinJasper RoctusSven Biscop

A4 Journal Article in GIDS OP MAATSCHAPPELIJK GEBIED

De Tank versus de bank : Russische militaire en Europese economische macht

Editorial material

De wereldorde houdt stand, maar niet vanzelf

Article in a newspaper

Emotionele drang om meer te doen voor Oekraïne is perfect verstaanbaar. Maar emotie is een slechte strategische raadgever

European defence : the full package

Geoeconomics : how great power competition is transforming the global economy

Tobias GehrkeSven BiscopFerdi De Ville

Heeft de EU in haar morele verontwaardiging, het zicht op de strategie verloren?

How the war in Ukraine shapes the multipolar world

Editorial material

Imperial preference

Editorial material

Is Putin winning, or is he trying not to lose?

Kan de NAVO eindelijk een ‘normale’ alliantie worden door mogelijk Europees leger?

Military offensives, hybrid attacks : and no peace in sight

Editorial material

Poetin creëert de multipolaire wereld die hij (dacht dat hij) wilde

Sven BiscopBart DesseinJasper Roctus

Article in a magazine

Putin is creating the multipolar world he (thought he) wanted

Sven BiscopBart DesseinJasper Roctus

Rusland en Oekraïne : een gevaarlijk zwaktebod van een militaire supermacht

Article in a magazine

Russia invades Ukraine : the dangerous weakness of a military superpower

Editorial material

Sabotage drijft nu onze gasprijzen op, maar op termijn snijdt dit vooral in Ruslands vel

Strategic autonomy : not without integration

Strategic partnership as deterrence? Japan’s defense engagement in the evolving international security order

Nanae BaldauffSven Biscop

Tanks versus banks : Russian military versus EU geoeconomic power

Bernard SimanSven BiscopTobias Gehrke

The EU and Ukraine : strategy and morality

Editorial material

The EU’s role in security and defence : still indispensable

Bookchapter in Facing war : rethinking Europe’s security and defence : ISPI report

The EU’s strategic compass : how to translate it into capabilities?

A4 Journal Article in MEDITERRANEAN YEARBOOK

The growing pains of Belgium’s armed forces

Editorial material

The new force model : NATO's European army?

The world order holds : for now

Editorial material

Ukraine : le prix de la stabilité

Ukraine : the price of stability

Editorial material

Voor een progressieve realpolitik

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK (BRUSSEL)

Voor het eerst sinds de Koude Oorlog staat de Belgische defensie niet meer op een hongerdieet

Article in a newspaper

Vragen dat er een einde komt aan de Orde van Leopold II, is vragen dat we de duizenden Belgische soldaten vergeten

Xi Jinping seeks stability : the 20th National Congress of the CCP

Bart DesseinJasper RoctusSven Biscop

2021

20 years of counter-terrorism in Belgium : explaining change in CT policy-making through the evolution of the Belgian CT doctrine and practice since 2001

Thomas RenardSven Biscop

Afghanistan : the end of a strategic distraction

Editorial material

Afghanistan is niet alleen een mislukking, maar erger : een overbodige mislukking

Analysing the EU global strategy on foreign and security policy

Bookchapter in Handbook on CSDP : the common security and defence policy of the European Union

AUKUS and the EU : a snub for the bloc?

Editorial material

Belgian defence : put your trust in people

Editorial material

Biden and Europe, values and interests

Biden op bezoek: vijf dingen om zeker te doen in Brussel

Editorial material

Biden's visit : 5 must-do's in Brussels

Editorial material

Biden, NATO and the EU : who deals with China, and who with Russia?

Editorial material

Come on, Biden, let's talk!

Editorial material

Comment lire le rapport du Comité stratégique de la Défense belge

Sven BiscopNina WilénJonathan Holslag

Crying wolf will not help Taiwan

Editorial material

Defensie bestaat uit mensen : net het aspect dat jarenlang politiek verwaarloosd werd

Eine Verteidigungsstrategie für die Europäische Union

Bookchapter in Der Strategische Kompass der Europäischen Union : Ziele, Perspektiven und Chancen für Österreich

EU and NATO : time to align strategies

A4 Journal Article in THE DEFENCE HORIZON JOURNAL

EU and NATO Strategy : a compass, a concept, and a concordat

EU strategy : resolutely moderate

EU-China : drop the masks, back to real diplomacy

Editorial material

EU–Asia security relations in a global context : geoeconomics and geopolitics

Mark BeesonSven Biscop

Bookchapter in The European Union’s security relations with Asian partners

Grand strategy in 10 words : a guide to great power politics in the 21st century

Het Capitool en de Reichstag

Hoe de grootmachten de koers van de wereldpolitiek bepalen : grand strategy in 10 kernwoorden

Kill the battlegroups

Editorial material

La llegada de Biden y la autonomía de la Unión Europea

Moet het westen overal de democratie verspreiden?

Article in a magazine

Mogherini and the Holy Grail : the quest for European strategic autonomy

Bookchapter in The making of European security policy : between institutional dynamics and global challenges

Mort aux groupements tactiques de l’Union européenne!

Samenwerken waar het kan, terugduwen waar het moet

Article in a newspaper

The Capitol and the Reichstag

The coordination problem in European defence planning

The EU and China : sanctions, signals, and interests

The EU’s strategic choices for the 2020s

Bookchapter in Asia and Europe in the 21st century : new anxieties, new opportunities

The lonely strategist : who but the High Representative and the EEAS cares about the EU Global Strategy?

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW

The strategic committee on Belgian defence : how to read the report

Sven BiscopNina WilénJonathan Holslag

Editorial material

The Strategic Compass : entering the fray

Welke lessen trekken uit bezoek Biden aan EU en Poetin?

What Belgium can do : proposals for the national security strategy

Sven BiscopNina Wilén

World politics in 2021: infected by rivalry

Διαφοροποιημενη ολοκληρωση στην αμυνα : έκκληση προς την PESCO

A4 Journal Article in ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΘΕΩΡΗΣΗ = STRATIOTIKI EPITHEORISI

让欧洲再次伟大（旧力量、新未来）

2020

Battalions to brigades : the future of European defence

A1 Journal Article in SURVIVAL

Coronavirus and power : the impact on international politics

Dealing with Russia : towards a coherent Belgian policy

Didier AudenaertSven BiscopFabienne BossuytTom CasierMarc FrancoAude MerlinRia Laenen

European defence and Pesco : don't waste the chance

Foreword : connectivity with consent

Editorial material

In the desert or at sea? Securing Europe’s southern flank

No peace from corona : defining EU strategy for the 2020s

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

The ESDC : a tool for strategy-making

Bookchapter in The European Security and Defence College and its contribution to the common security and defence culture : a 15 year journey

The future of the transatlantic alliance: not without the European Union

A2 Journal Article in Strategic Studies Quarterly

Trump, the Middle East and North Africa : just leave things to the proxies?

Weaker together or weaker apart? Great power relations after the coronavirus

Editorial material

2019

1919-2019 : how to make peace last? European strategy and the future of the world order

Defensie : samenwerken voor een autonoom Europa

A4 Journal Article in HELLING (AMSTERDAM)

EU-US consensus and EU-NATO cooperation

Bookchapter in New perspectives on shared security : NATO's next 70 years

European strategy in the 21st century : new future for old powe

Fighting for Europe : European strategic autonomy and the use of force

From global strategy to strategic compass : where is the EU heading?

Putting the core at the centre : the Crisis Response Operation Core (CROC) and the future of PESCO

The EU global strategy 2020

The EU or NATO : that is not the question

Bookchapter in Mutual reinforcement : CSDP and NATO in the face of rising challenges

The power to engage : giving punch to a new EU global strategy 2020

2018

Brexit, strategy, and the EU : Britain takes leave

Een orde of een ereteken?

EU-NATO relations : a long-term perspective

A2 Journal Article in NAçãO E DEFESA

Europa : een grootmacht zonder machtspolitiek?

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

European defence : give PESCO a chance

A1 Journal Article in SURVIVAL

Feit blijft: we moeten nieuwe vliegtuigen kopen

L'Europe de la défense: donnons une chance à "PESCO"

A4 Journal Article in DEFENSE

Letting Europe Go Its Own Way

Na Trump en Iran: gedaan met de Europese onderdanigheid?

PESCO, strategic autonomy, and ambition

A4 Journal Article in SICHERHEIT UND FRIEDEN = SECURITY AND PEACE

Powers, great, smart and not so smart

A2 Journal Article in GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Stand firm and hold the handrail : a traveller's impressions of a summer of summitry

The EU and multilateralism in an age of great powers

Bookchapter in Multilateralism in a changing world order

Trump en de triomf van de redeloosheid

2017

A strategy for the EU's neighbourhood : keep resilient and carry on?

Sven BiscopAlexander Mattelaer

Bookchapter in Strategic autonomy and the defence of Europe : on the road to a European Army?

Differentiated integration in defence : a plea for PESCO

Bookchapter in Series EU60 : refounding Europe

Europe and the great powers : playing our trump cards

Het Maginavo-complex van de Europese Unie

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK

How China struggles for international recognition : an explanation from Chinese face culture

Rui ZhangSven Biscop

How the EU can save NATO

Make Europe great again

Oratio pro PESCO

Power, interests, and internal factors : an analysis of Taiwan issue from the perspective of neoclassical realism

Xiaochuan SangSven BiscopRik Coolsaet

Watching Trump, Xi and Putin - How long can you hold your breath?

2016

All or nothing? The EU global strategy and defence policy after the Brexit

A1 Journal Article in CONTEMPORARY SECURITY POLICY

Brexit and defence: where is the strategy?

EU Global Strategy – Expert Opinion No. 4

Game of zones: power struggles in the EU’s neighbourhood

The European Union and mutual assistance : more than defence

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL SPECTATOR

2015

Belgium and the miracle of European defence

Can European Strategy cope?

CSDP: what is it good for

CSDP: what is it good for?

Defensie: België is geen klein land

Een Belgisch leger voor een Europese defensie

Escalate the diplomatic offensive in the war against Islamic State

EU mutual assistance is more than defence

Game of zones: power struggles in the EU’s neighbourhood

Get rid of reassurance

Global and operational: a new strategy for EU foreign and security policy

Half a grand strategy is not enough

Het leger krijgt echt niet zoveel extra

Hybrid hysteria

Introduction: a strategic anniversary

Les Chemins de l’Europe-puissance

Meer wapens lossen niks op

Minder militairen, meer strategie

Ook onze regering mag, zoals François Hollande, de zaken benoemen zoals ze zijn

Out of the blue: a white book

Peace without money, war without Americans : can European strategy cope?

Shangri-La Dialogue 2015: Europe was there

Sven BiscopSophie Boisseau du RocherGudrun Wacker

Strategy: what is it good for?

The future of defence in Europe: support your local sheriff

The future of the European Neighbourhood Policy

The Gauche Gateway. Preface to Elisabeth Ida Mulyani, “Inside Embassies”. Brugge, Art Paper Editions

The state of defence in Europe: dependence, deterrence and deployment

Thou shalt not arm those who cannot win

Toch liever geen zakenkabinet

Wat België wél kan doen aan de oorlog in Syrië

Zo’n briljant strateeg is Poetin niet

2013

Bookchapter in Strategic cultures in Europe : security and defence policies across the continent

Mali : another European intervention without the EU?

Rik CoolsaetSven BiscopJo Coelmont

Multilateralism at the heart of the European security strategy

Siobàn GibneySven Biscop

Bookchapter in The EU and multilateral security governance

Peace without money, war without Americans: challenges for European strategy

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Post-interventionist or newly responsible? Europe as a security provider

Bookchapter in The armed forces : towards a post-interventionist era?

2012

CSDP : the strategic perspective

Sven BiscopPer M. Norheim-Martinsen

Bookchapter in Explaining the EU's common security and defence policy : theory in action

Peace and justice in EU foreign policy: principle, policy, practice

Laura DavisJan OrbieSven Biscop

Security and development in EU external relations: converging, but in which direction?

Karen Del BiondoStefan OltschJan Orbie

Bookchapter in The Routledge handbook of European security

The EU and emerging powers in the 21st century: how Europe can shape a new global order

The UK and European defence: leading or leaving?

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

2011

CSDP and the 'Ghent Framework' : the indirect approach to permanent structured cooperation?

Sven BiscopJo Coelmont

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW

From Lisbon to Lisbon : squaring the circle of EU and NATO future roles

2010

2010: en toen werd de EU een grootmacht?

A4 Journal Article in Atlantisch Perspectief (AP)

A need for strategy in a multipolar world : recommendations to the EU after Lisbon

Thomas RenardSven Biscop

A realistic ambition: setting priorities for ESDP

Sven BiscopTomas Weiss

Bookchapter in Think global : act European

Background and development of the ESS in 2003

Bookchapter in Handbook on CSDP : the common security and defence policy of the european union

Egmont paper 37: a strategy for CSDP: Europe’s ambitions as a global security provider

Europa: strategie voor een wereldmacht

Europe goes global

European studies discovers strategy

Excursion: permanent structured cooperation: an academic view

Bookchapter in Handbook on CSDP : the common security and defence policy of the european union

Main themes of the ESS and key message for CSDP

Bookchapter in Handbook on CSDP : the common security and defence policy of the european union

NSS review: Europe given short shrift

Sven BiscopThomas Renard

Of Greeks and Romans : the EU, the US and security strategy in a multipolar world

A4 Journal Article in POLICY BRIEF (FUNDACION PARA LAS RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES Y EL DIALOGO EXTERIOR)

Permanent structured cooperation : in defence of the obvious

Sven BiscopJo Coelmont

Permanent structured cooperation in defence: building effective European armed forces

Sven BiscopJo Coelmont

A4 Journal Article in BRUGES POLITICAL RESEARCH PAPERS - CAHIERS DE RECHERCHE POLITIQUE DE BRUGES

Permanent structured cooperation in defence: building effective European armed forces

Sven BiscopJo Coelmont

Permanent structured cooperation in defence: building effective European armed forces

Sven BiscopJo Coelmont

Bookchapter in Integrationsprojekt Sicherheit : Aspekte europäischer Sicherheitspolitik im Vertrag von Lissabon

Status quo and way ahead for European strategies

Bookchapter in Strategie und Sicherheit 2010 : das strategische Profil der Europäischen Union

The ENP, security and democracy in the context of the European security strategy

Bookchapter in The European neighbourhood policy in perspective : context, implementation and impact

The European convoy needs strategic guidance for fleet action

The European Union as a security actor: cooperative multilateralism

Sven BiscopThomas Renard

A2 Journal Article in SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The strategic effect of European Union operations

The strategic effect of European Union operations

The United States, NATO and the European Union: partnership in the balance

Robert HunterSven Biscop

A2 Journal Article in STRATEGIC ADVISORS GROUP : ISSUE BRIEF

Un haut représentant a besoin d’une grande stratégie

2009

A future agenda for the European Security and Defence Policy

Borja LasherasEnrique AyalaJean-Pierre MaulnyFabio LibertiChristos KatsioulisSven Biscop

A military strategy for the EU

A shared security strategy for a Euro-Atlantic partnership of equals: a report of the global dialogue between the European union and the United States

Simon SerfatySven Biscop

Belgium in the UN security council: reflections on the 2007-2008 membership

Change against a background of continuity: the emerging EU strategic culture

Europe: A Time for Strategy

Sven BiscopJolyon HoworthBastian Giegerich

EU’s strategic partnerships lack content

Sven BiscopThomas Renard

Global public goods : engine of a comprehensive EU security strategy

Bookchapter in Contemporary global governance : multipolarity vs new discourses on global governance

Hoog tijd voor meer Europa in de NAVO

Military integration in Europe: the future of ESDP

Bookchapter in The path to European defence : new roads, new horizons

Odd couple or dynamic duo? The EU and strategy in times of crisis

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW

Preparing for the NATO summit: from allies to partners

President Obama, Europe and the Middle East

Préparer le sommet de l’OTAN

Strategisch partnerschap tussen de EU en de BRICs: waar is de strategie?

Sven BiscopThomas Renard

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

The EU’s strategic partnerships with the BRIC : where’s the strategy?

Sven BiscopThomas Renard

The US needs a strong Europe

The value of power, the power of values: a call for an EU grand strategy

Time for an EU grand strategy

ориентаОсновы обновленной Европейской стратегии безопасности

A2 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS RESEARCH JOURNAL - VESTNIK MEZDUNARODNYH ORGANIZACIJ : OBRAZOVANIE, NAUKA, NOVAA EKONOMIKA

2008

A defining commitment for the EU: preventing (even more) conflict in the Middle East

Bookchapter in Third parties and conflict prevention

Afghanistan: waar is het strategisch debat?

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

De Europese Unie: een strategische militaire actor? Tsjaad als test-case

Sven BiscopAlexander Mattelaer

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA (BRUXELLES)

De militaire bijdrage van België aan het Europees Veiligheids- en Defensiebeleid – La contribution militaire belge à la Politique européenne de Sécurité et de Défense

Sven BiscopRik CoolsaetJo Coelmont

De NAVO: down and out in Riga en Boekarest?

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK (BRUSSEL)

De oranje knipperlichten van ons leger

EU enlargement and the transatlantic alliance: a security relationship in flux

European security in the 21st century: an institutional perspective

Bookchapter in Globalization and environmental challenges : reconceptualizing security in the 21st century

For a more active EU in the Middle East

From ESDP to CSDP: the search for added value through permanent structured cooperation

La stratégie européenne de sécurité: mettre en oeuvre l'approche holistique

Bookchapter in L'Europe de la défense : acteurs, enjeux et processus

NAVO moet missie in Afghanistan herbekijken

Permanent Structured Cooperation and the future of ESDP

Permanent structured cooperation and the future of the ESDP : transformation and integration

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW

Quel est le but de notre engagement en Afghanistan?

The ABC of European strategy: ambition, benchmark, culture

The ABC of the European Union Security Strategy: ambition, benchmark, culture

Bookchapter in The European Union and crisis management : policy and legal aspects

The ENP, security and democracy in the context of the European Security Strategy

The EU and the European security strategy: forging a global Europe

The EU in, with and for the UN Security Council: Brussels, New York and the (real) world

Sven BiscopAntonio Missiroli

The European Security Strategy : a call for a true strategic review

The Lisbon treaty and ESDP: transformation and integration

2007

A 'European army' for the EU and NATO?

A 'more active' European Union in the middle east

Bookchapter in 5th international seminar on security and defence in the Mediterranean : multi-dimensional security

A more active EU in the Middle East

De verantwoordelijkheid tot bescherming: een argument voor humanitaire interventie

Bookchapter in Internationaal Humanitair Recht in de Kijker

EU-UN security relations anno 2007: multilateralism squared?

Sven BiscopEdith Drieskens

Europa en het Midden-Oosten: tijd voor leiderschap: naast of tegenover de Verenigde Staten

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

Europe and the Middle East: time to resume leadership: including towards the US

Europese defensie en de NAVO: op zoek naar complementariteit

A2 Journal Article in STUDIA DIPLOMATICA

Europese veiligheidsstrategie en wereldrol van de EU: tussen droom en daad

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

For a 'more active' EU in the Middle East: transatlantic relations and the strategic implications of Europe's engagements in Iran, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine

Bookchapter in The middle east under fire? EU-Israel relations in a region between war and conflict resolution

For a more active EU in the Middle East

For a more active EU in the Middle East

For a “more active” EU in the Middle east – Transatlantic relations and the strategic implications of Europe’s engagement with Iran, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine

Global challenges of international security: a view from the EU

Global Europe: special issue on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and the 60th anniversary of the Institute

L'intégration militaire au-delà du Headline Goal: un cadre spécifique pour l'avant-garde

Bookchapter in Pour une Europe européenne : une avant-garde pour sortir de l'impasse : France, Allemagne, Belgique, Luxembourg, Hongrie, Autriche

Lebanon: wait and see is not an option!

NATO and the EU: no transformation without re-equilibration

Repliek: wel degelijk Europese verantwoordelijkheid

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

The ABC of European Union Strategy – Ambition, Benchmark, Culture

The ABC of European Union strategy: ambition, benchmark, culture

The ambiguous ambition - The development of the EU security architecture

Bookchapter in The EC/EU: a world security actor?

The ambiguous ambition: the development of the EU security architecture

A2 Journal Article in STUDIA DIPLOMATICA

The DRC and the evolution of ESD

Koen VlassenrootH HoebekeSven Biscop

The ENP, security and democracy in the context of the European Security Strategy

The EU and China: partners in effective mulitlateralism?

Liselotte OdgaardSven Biscop

Bookchapter in The international politics of EU-China relations

The EU and euro-mediterranean security: a new departure?

Bookchapter in European foreign policy in an evolving international system : the road towards convergence

The EU and security in the Middle East: time for a new departure?

The EU and the European security strategy: forging a global Europe

The EU in, with and for the UN Security Council: Brussels, New York and the (real) world

Sven BiscopAntonio Missirolli

The international security engagement of the European Union : courage and capabilities for a 'more Active' EU : report from the 1st European Strategic Forum, Warsaw 2006

Vers l'intégration militaire en Europe

Bookchapter in Europe puissance tranquille? Rôle et identité sur la scène mondiale

2006

A European strategic culture in the making

Editorial material

A strategic culture in the making: European foreign and security policy in perspective

A4 Journal Article in MONITOR STRATEGIC

De Europese Unie en democratisering: ambities en dilemma’s

Bookchapter in De slag om de globale democratie

De Europese veiligheidsstrategie twee jaar later: eerste balans van een integratieproject

A4 Journal Article in ATLANTISCH PERSPEKTIEF

Effective multilateralism and collective security: empowering the UN

Sven BiscopEdith Drieskens

Bookchapter in The European union and the united nations : intersecting multilateralisms

From reflections to power: implementing the European Security Strategy

Bookchapter in European security in transition

La stratégie européenne de sécurité: premier bilan d'un projet d'intégration

A4 Journal Article in DEFENSE NATIONALE ET SECURITE COLLECTIVE (ED. FRANCAISE)

NATO, ESDP and the Riga summit: no transformation without re-equilibration

A4 Journal Article in INSIGHT (TURKEY)

NATO, ESDP and the Riga summit: no transformation without re-equilibration

Relatie OVSE-EU aan herijking toe

Edith DrieskensSven Biscop

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

Strategy of strategem? The European Security Strategy in perspective

The ambigious ambition: the development of the EU security architecture

The EU and China: partners in effective multilateralism?

Sven BiscopLiselotte Odgaard

The EU and Euro-Mediterranean security: a new departure?

The EU, the OSCE and the European security architecture: network or labyrinth?

A2 Journal Article in Asia Europe journal : intercultural studies in the social sciences and humanities

The European Security Strategy : confirming the choice for collective and comprehensive security

Sven BiscopEdith Drieskens

Bookchapter in The United Nations and the European Union : an ever stronger partnership

Willem Van Eekelen: from words to deeds: the continuing debate on European security

2005

A two-pillar NATO: survival of the Alliance, recognition of the EU. Implications of the Constitution, Iraq and the Quadrilateral Defence Summit for NATO and ESDP

Bookchapter in Understanding the new European Constitutional Treaty. Why a NO vote means less democracy, human rights and security

De verantwoordelijkheid to bescherming: een argument voor humanitaire interventie

Bookchapter in Internationaal Humanitair Recht in de Kijker 2005

E pluribus unum? Military Integration in the European Union

Een Europese stem in de Veiligheidsraad: over ambities en beperkingen

Edith DrieskensSven Biscop

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

Effective multilateralism and collective security: empowering the UN

Sven BiscopEdith Drieskens

Effective multilateralism: assessing the European Union's contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security

ESDP: beyond the headline goal

Europe must battle for the 'public goods'

Editorial material

From fragmentation to integration: top-down coordination for ESDP

Global public goods: engine of a comprehensive EU security strategy

Power to the system: the EU, effective multilaterism and the UN

Power to the system: the UN High-Level Panel and the reinvigoration of collective security

Security and development: a positive agenda for a global EU-UN partnership

Bookchapter in The European Union and the United Nations : partners in effective multilateralism

The EU, the OSCE and the European security architecture

The European Security Strategy – Coping with Threats in a Comprehensive Way

Bookchapter in NATO versus EU? Security Strategies for Europe

The European security strategy: a global agenda for positive power

The European Union and the United Nations: a global partnership for effective multilateralism

A4 Journal Article in ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

2004

A European Security Concept for the 21st Century

Rik CoolsaetSven Biscop

Able and willing? Assessing the EU's capacity for military action

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW

Audit of European Strategy

De EU-Veiligheidsstrategie: een Europese weg

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

De Europese Veiligheidsstrategie: een ambitieuze mondiale agenda voor de Europese Unie

A4 Journal Article in ATLANTISCH PERSPEKTIEF

Een script voor de internationale rol van de Europese Unie

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK (BRUSSEL)

Global public goods: an integrative agenda for EU external action

Sven BiscopValérie ARNOULD

Bookchapter in Effective multilateralism: Europe, regional security and a revitalised UN

La stratégie européenne de sécurité: un agenda ambitieux

A4 Journal Article in DEFENSE NATIONALE ET SECURITE COLLECTIVE (ED. FRANCAISE)

La sécurité euro-méditerranéenne: à la recherche du partenariat

Bookchapter in Europes et mondes musulmans : un dialogue complexe

Militaire integratie in de EU: een nieuw hoofdstuk ?

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

The European Security Strategy - Coping with Threats in a Comprehensive Way

A2 Journal Article in Review of International Social Questions (RISQ)

The European security strategy and the neighbourhood policy: a new starting point for a Euro-Mediterranean security partnership?

Bookchapter in European neighbourhood policy : political, economic and social issues

The European security strategy: implementing a distinctive approach to security

A4 Journal Article in VEILIGHEID EN STRATEGIE = SECURITE ET STRATEGIE

The European union security strategy: building a pillar of the multipolar world

Rik CoolsaetSven Biscop

A4 Journal Article in EUROPEAN DISCOURSES = EVROPEJSKI DISKURSI

2003

Defensie in de Lage Landen: nood aan Europa

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

Euro-Mediterranean security: a search for partnership

Europese vredesdoctrine vereist eigen militaire arm

Opening up the ESDP to the South: a comprehensive and cooperative approach to Euro-Mediterranean security

A1 Journal Article in SECURITY DIALOGUE

Ouvrir l'Europe au Sud: la PESD et la sécurité euro-méditerranéenne

A4 Journal Article in REVUE DU MARCHE COMMUN (PARIS)

Rebellen in de NAVO, voortrekkers in de EU? Strategisch concept voor veiligheids- en defensiebeleid na Irak

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

The world is the stage: a global security strategy for the European union

Sven BiscopRik Coolsaet

A4 Journal Article in POLICY PAPERS : ESRC RESEARCH PROGRAMME ON ONE EUROPE OR SEVERAL

Une stratégie de l'UE pour la sécurité: définir la voie européenne

Rik CoolsaetSven Biscop

A4 Journal Article in DEFENSE NATIONALE (PARIS. 1973)

2002

Core group, directoire, enhanced co-operation?: finding the key to an effective foreign and defence policy for Europe

Een Europees leger in de maak? Van EDG tot EVDB

A4 Journal Article in ATLANTISCH PERSPEKTIEF

From common interests to joint actions

Gedeelde belangen, gedeeld beleid? Het gemeenschappelijk buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid en Euro-Mediterrane veiligheid

A4 Journal Article in MILITAIRE SPECTATOR

Het slingerende pad naar een Europese defensie. Een beleidswetenschappelijke case-study op EU-niveau

Bookchapter in Naar een beter bestuur. Liber amicorum Bob Van Hooland

In search of a strategic concept for the ESDP

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW

Moraal en machtspolitiek : identiteit van de Europese Unie in de wereld

Elisabeth De ZutterJan OrbieSven Biscop

Bookchapter in Identiteiten : functies en dysfuncties

Naar een beter bestuur. Liber amicorum Bob Van Hooland

Network or labyrinth? The challenge of coordinating Western security dialogues with the Mediterranean

A2 Journal Article in Mediterranean Politics

The European Union and defence: autonomy within the bounds of Transatlantic solidarity

Bookchapter in New Perspectives in Transatlantic studies

The Mediterranean as part of the European security space: which interests to defend?

A2 Journal Article in CONTACT

2001

Babyleger: West-Europese Unie gaat op in EU: interview aan Bart Desomer

De EU kan niet langer aan de zijlijn blijven staan.

De toekomst van het Europees defensiebeleid. Van instellingen naar operaties

Bookchapter in Jaarboek vrede en veiligheid 2001. Internationale veiligheids-vraagstukken en het Nederlands perspectief.

Een moeilijke evenwichtsoefening: Europese defensie en het Middellandse Zeegebied na 11 september 2001

A4 Journal Article in VVN-BERICHTEN (BRUSSEL)

Het Euro-Mediterraan partnerschap en veiligheid: een moeizaam proces

A2 Journal Article in VREDE EN VEILIGHEID

Het Middellandse zeegebied in het Europees veiligheids- en defensiebeleid

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

The European Union and the Eastern Mediterranean: the need for conflict resolution

A4 Journal Article in VEILIGHEID EN STRATEGIE = SECURITE ET STRATEGIE

Toward a Euro-Mediterranean security partnership: from common interests to joint actions

Un défi considérable: la dimension sécurité du Partenariat euro-méditerranéen

A4 Journal Article in REVUE DU MARCHE COMMUN (PARIS)

2000

De EU en defensie: de keuze voor autonomie

A2 Journal Article in ALGEMEEN JURIDISCH TIJDSCHRIFT

De integratie van de WEU in de Europese Unie. Europa op weg naar een Europese defensie organisatie

Een Europese militaire arm, maar waarvoor? Behoefte aan een Europees strategisch concept

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

Europese defensie en de transatlantische betrekkingen: autonomie binnen de grenzen van de solidariteit

A4 Journal Article in Contact

Le Royaume-Uni et l'Europe de la défense: de l'opposition au pragmatisme

A4 Journal Article in REVUE DU MARCHE COMMUN (PARIS)

Oezbekistan, een nieuwe actor in Centraal Azië

A4 Journal Article in Contact

The European Union and defence: autonomy within the bounds of transatlantic solidarity

1999

Audit administratie geen trendbreuk, wel traditie

Europees defensiebeleid: tijd voor concrete stappen

A4 Journal Article in INTERNATIONALE SPECTATOR

The UK’s change of course : a new chance for the ESDI

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW