Our researcher, Lotje Boswinkel, recently spoke about allied long-range strike and alliance management at the 2026 #PONI summer conference, organised by CSIS and hosted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. More info nuclearnetwork.csis.org/programs/nuc... @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social

❗Event❗ Before you head on your summer holiday, there's still time to register for our event on 8 September 2026 the "Brussels Korea Forum". Join us in Brussels for a debate on what can make Europe and South Korea stronger! Register here csds.vub.be/event/brusse...

"The EU’s 2026 threat assessment demonstrates that while Europe has developed a clearer understanding of its strategic environment, it remains less certain about the political choices required to respond to it", writes Daniel Fiott. Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

Jesteśmy bardzo zadowoleni, mogąc podzielić się polskojęzyczną wersją książki Steve’a Tsanga i Olivii Cheung poświęconej myśli politycznej Xi Jinpinga. Zamów tutaj instytutnarutowicza.pl/produkt/mysl...

❗In the Media❗ "Link Defence R&D Support to Testing and Procurement, EU Told". A report by Martin Greenacre for Science Business on Daniel Fiott's recent EP study on SMEs and the EDTIB. Read sciencebusiness.net/news/link-de... @sciencebusiness.net @europarl.europa.eu

"When the AI Act was discussed, many critics argued that Europe was regulating a technology before it had fully matured... Today, the criticism is that Europe is only reacting after the technological frontier has moved on." Antonio Calcara in Politico Europe Read www.politico.eu/newsletter/f...

"We are seeing considerable initiative from our Allies and partners to increase defence spending... That is a very positive development. But the reality is that, after 70 or 80 years, the US still enables a significant share of NATO’s warfighting effort." Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

❗New Analysis❗ "Advancing the Inclusion of SMEs in the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base", by Daniel Fiott for the European Parliament. Read www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en... #SMEs #EDTIB #EUDefence

"Just as the EU’s (partner, competitor, rival) triptych for China never really worked, the Union is also struggling to find a way to describe its relationship with the US", writes Daniel Fiott for CSDS. Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

"What we are learning from Ukraine is that, if Russia is able to seize ground, reversing those gains becomes extremely costly. We cannot afford to allow Russia to take any ground at all. We have to deny it from the outset." Read our latest CSDS-SWJ Strategy Debrief Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

"Geography, strategic culture and domestic politics continue to mediate how European states interpret and respond to external risks". Check out Daniel Fiott's latest piece for CSDS on threat assessments and European strategy. Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "The Strategy Trap? European Threat Assessments and the Problem of Common Action", by Daniel Fiott. Read csds.vub.be/publication/... #Europe #Strategy #GhentFour #FrenchSchool @danielfiott.bsky.social

❗New Research❗ "Making Markets: Supranational Public Borrowers and the Promotion of International Financial Market Integration", by Lukas Spielberger and David Howarth in the Review of International Political Economy. Read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social

The paralysis of the WTO Appellate Body has transformed what was once considered the most successful interstate adjudication system in international law into a central site of contestation in the evolving international political economy. Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

"We think there is a serious Russian mass-and-momentum challenge that we will face within approximately two years of a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine", states Sam Rosenberg in our latest CSDS-SWJ Strategy Debrief. Read more csds.vub.be/publication/...

❗New Strategy Debrief❗ Octavian Manea sits down with Lt. Col. Sam Rosenberg to discuss the key lessons from the war in Ukraine that have shaped the emerging Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative, a new NATO warfighting concept. With the Small Wars Journal Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

The In-Depth Paper combines insights from the literature on WTO dispute initiation, strategic autonomy and the geopoliticisation of trade to analyse how great powers and secondary powers use litigation in an increasingly fragmented trade regime. By Laia Comerma Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

"No actor can dominate every layer of the emerging quantum stack. The EU, with a fraction of its rivals’ capital, certainly cannot, especially considering the limited time frame within which the EU’s action must take place", writes Riccardo Bosticco. Read csds.vub.be/publication/...

Today, KF-VUB Korea Chair, Ramón Pacheco Pardo, is on a panel discussion titled "One Year of the Lee Jae Myung Administration". Organised by @korea.csis.org, Ramón joins @victordcha.bsky.social and others for the debate! Watch here www.csis.org/events/asses... @csis.org

Today, Daniel Fiott joined a host of other experts in the latest edition of "Taking the Pulse". He answered @rmomtaz.bsky.social's question: "Enough with the Annual NATO Summits, Already?". Read Daniel's response here carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat... @carnegieeurope.bsky.social

Our Director, Luis Simón, is currently in Japan, where he is speaking at the 7th Tokyo Global Dialogue, organised by the Japan Institute of International Affairs. He joins a great group of speakers! More info www.jiia.or.jp/TGD/tgd7/en/ @luissimonn.bsky.social

“...The biggest change is that defense has become an industrial policy issue for most, if not all, European allies..." Daniel Fiott has been extensively quoted in this Washington Post Intelligence report on the Ankara Summit and NATO 3.0. Read wpintelligence.washingtonpost.com/topics/globa...

📢 Applications are open for #Brussels360 2027, CSDS' executive course. Join leading academics and policymakers in Brussels for 3 days of analysis, discussion and networking. 🌍 Geopolitics 🛡️ Defence, Investment & Innovation 💻 Technology & economic statecraft Apply here: csds.vub.be/brussels-360...

❗New Research❗ "Joint Borrowing Without Fiscal Integration: A Pragmatic Way Forward for EU Debt Issuance", by Lukas Spielberger in The Economists' Voice. Read www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

❗New Event❗ We bring you the 5th edition of the "Brussels Korea Forum", organised in Brussels with the support of The Korea Foundation. 🗓️ 8 September 2026 📍 NH EU Berlaymont Hotel, Brussels ⌛ 09:00-13:30 Register now! csds.vub.be/event/brusse...

We are very proud to be a scientific partner of the 6th "European Defence and Security Conference". On 29 October 2026, in Brussels, Europe's major decision-makers and industrial players will meet to discuss the direction and future of European defence! 🇪🇺 Register here defencesecurityconference.eu

The United States, China and the EU are competing through different models on quantum computing, but, as Riccardo Bosticco argues, Brussels lacks the strategic principles to guide its quantum policy. Read more! Read csds.vub.be/publication/... @riccardobosticco.bsky.social

This CSDS In-Depth Paper, by Laia Comerma, provides one of the first comprehensive datasets of WTO disputes directed against major powers over the entire lifespan of the WTO. Give it a read! Read csds.vub.be/publication/... @laiacomerma.bsky.social @wto.org

❗New Analysis❗ "Artificial Intelligence and Protecting Knowledge Systems in the EU: Providing a Strategic Context for the EU’s Digital Transition", by Raluca Csernatoni for the European Court of Auditors. Read www.eca.europa.eu/ECAPublicati... @euauditors.bsky.social

For those with withdrawal symptoms until the World Cup semi-finals, why not listen to our latest episode of #StrategySpeaks with Antonio Missiroli and Daniel Fiott? Apple podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/38kv... YouTube youtu.be/w8y1dIuf9Ew?...