📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Erik Kennes @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “The Washington agreements: peace for business is not enough” #DRC #GreatLakes #USForeignPolicy #CriticalMinerals #Geopolitics 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/z2xnkwnx

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social & Yotam Gidron @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Will Uganda’s ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy Hold? Aid Cuts and Rising Anti-Immigration Sentiments" #Uganda #Refugees #ForcedDisplacement #MigrationPolicy #HumanitarianCrisis 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲👉 tinyurl.com/evrkmay6

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Jasper Roctus & Bart Dessein @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The (In)Auspicious Number Four: An Assessment of the Fourth Plenum of the Fourth Plenum of the Twentieth National Congress of the CCP" #CCP #FourthPlenum #EUChina #Security #PLA 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4ar288tc

❓ Why are 1200 Belgian troops, 180 vehicles & 2 A400M deployed to #Gabon for over a month? ✍ I am arguing that such a major deployment in the current #security environment is a welcome sign of renewed focus by Belgian #Defence on #Africa in my latest @egmontinstitute.bsky.social brief #Belgium

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Belgian Defense Going Tropical: A Return in Focus to Africa" #BelgianDefense #AfricaPolicy #SecurityAndDefense #EUForeignPolicy #AfricaSecurity #PeaceAndSecurity #TropicalStormExercise 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/d43jau24

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social & Sofie Rose @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "From the Donbas to Africa: How Returning Fighters Could Fuel a New Mercenary Wave" #RussiaUkraineWar #DDR #SecurityPolicy #Mercenaries #PMC #WagnerGroup #AfricaSecurity 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4u26f84k

@egmontinstitute.bsky.social New Publication by Sven Biscop “Allies and Rivals: Europe After the 2025 US NSS” 👉 Read more here. tinyurl.com/rtc8z4m9

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Bernard Siman @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Belgium is right: Borrow.. get the money.. don’t get emotional" 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/2urmx585

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Marie-Anne Coninsx and Gilles Danneel @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The European Parliament compels the EU to address Arctic Security" #EU #Arctic 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yat253f9

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Peter Bosch and Sophie Walravens @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Navigating Population Change in the EU" #Demography #EuropeanPolicy #EUCompetitiveness #MigrationPolicy #FertilityPolicy #LabourMarket #SocialPolicy #EuropeanFuture 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/3zy4tys9

An Evening Lecture — Behind the Velvet Curtain: A Life in Diplomacy by Johan Verbeke, former Ambassador to the UK & US and Senior Fellow at @egmontinstitute.bsky.social 📆 16 Dec 2025 📍 Tiensestraat 41, Leuven 🕒 19:00 CEST ➡️ In-person only More info 👉 mailing.kuleuven.be/m-b1a149ebd5...

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Sven Biscop @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Diplomatic Pursuits" #EuropeanStrategy #EUForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #GreatPowerCompetition #Diplomacy 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/327eszhc

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Bernard Siman @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The Middle East and Central Asia now bound to the US by the Abrahamic Accords: Is Syria the US’ new backyard?" #MiddleEast #AbrahimicAccords #USStrategy #EuropeanSecurity #Syria #CentralAsia 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/nhet8vuj

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @michellehaas.bsky.social, ‬Pieter Balcaen & Tim Haesebrouck @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Belgium’s public confrontation with hybrid threats – lessons from drone incursions" #HybridThreats #EuropeanSecurity #Belgium #Defence 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/44jayms4

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Jasper Roctus @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Cross-Strait Tensions in 2025: Why Escalation Remains Unlikely" #Taiwan #China #Geopolitics #EU #ForeignPolicy #IndoPacific #ThinkTank #EgmontInstitute 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/bddwa67u

🛡️ Democracy is Europe’s strongest defence. The @EgmontInstitute supports the #EuropeanDemocracyShield together with partners across Europe — strengthening media freedom, civil society, and digital resilience. #Democracy #EU #CivilSociety #EgmontInstitute 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/YMlK50VnVjA

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Why Sudan’s conflict is escalating — and becoming harder to stop" #Sudan #HornOfAfrica #ConflictAnalysis #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9

🎧𝗘𝗚𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗘'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 "Global Affairs Unpacked" - Episosde 5 #JorisVanBladel joins us to unpack an understanding of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, its enduring confrontation with the West, and the deepening opacity within its own political system. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/egmontpodcast5

De situatie in Oost-Congo – hoorzitting in comm #BuitenlandseBetrekkingen met Marc Pecsteen @belgiummfa.bsky.social, Koen Vlassenroot #ugent, Erik Kennes @egmontinstitute.bsky.social, @kristoftiteca.bsky.social #UAntwerpen, Tshibangu Kalala #Unikin > tinyurl.com/y665sr66 > Live: tinyurl.com/a9v99d3d

Situation à l’Est de la RDC: audition en com #RelationsExtérieures de M. Pecsteen @belgiummfa.bsky.social / @kvlassen.bsky.social #ugent / E. Kennes @egmontinstitute.bsky.social / @kristoftiteca.bsky.social / Tshibangu Kalala #Unikin > tinyurl.com/2ckjpeyp Live ▶️ tinyurl.com/4yjn4ubp

"We knew in 2011 when #Libya was collapsing that we needed to hurry up…they came with huge amounts of #arms: convoys of arms … It was like a huge supermarket of arms for free … The Secretary-General requested a draft #strategy" #Sahel @oxunipress.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social

✉️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 #𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! Read it and 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 to stay informed about @egmontinstitute.bsky.social and Egmont Training news, publications & events. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 mailchi.mp/egmontinstit...

❓ Is the #military regime in #Mali running out of gas? ✍ I'm analysing the current crisis in my latest for @egmontinstitute.bsky.social - Fall of Bamako seems unlikely - Negotiated settlement possible - Social unrest likely #Sahel #JNIM #jihadist www.egmontinstitute.be/is-malis-mil...

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social‬ @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Is Mali’s military regime running out of gas?" #Mali #Sahel #Security #Africa #Governance #JNIM #Geopolitics #EgmontInstitute 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yhc7rkm2

📄 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: Reflecting on Belgium’s Strategic Orientations Published by Presses Universitaires de Louvain With chapters by @egmontinstitute.bsky.social associates: @tanguystruye.bsky.social, Marc Thys, Wannes Verstraete 🔗 bit.ly/47szZBk #DefenseStrategy #ForeignPolicy #EuropeanSecurity

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social‬ @egmontinstitute.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social "Securitizing the Sahel: Analysing External Interventions and their Consequences" #SecurityForceAssistance #Securitization #PeaceOperations #CivilMilitary 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/bdfpf7cc

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Katsiaryna Lozka and Justine Staelens @egmontinstitute.bsky.social The EU Enlargement test : Dilemmas of geopolitics, conditionality, and public concerns #EU #Enlargement #Geopolitics #Ukraine 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/y9adm4nx

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Joris Van Bladel @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The Fog: The Opacity That Warns" #Russia #Military #Society #Economy #Deterrence 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/v3z8y9zw

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @victordedecker.bsky.social‬ @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Hall of Mirrors: How U.S.–China Export Controls Feed Each Other" #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy #USChinaRelations#StrategicCompetition #EuropeInTheWorld 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/43k3Pqa

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Reinhold Brender @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “Moldova's Election: A Victory Brings Dual Challenge” #Moldova #EUEnlargement #Democracy #EasternPartnership #EUAccession #EuropeanUnion 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/3KEgtKi

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Sebastian Emde @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Strengthening EU Participatory Governance: Lessons from the Platform on Sustainable Finance” #EU #Governance #SustainableFinance #ClimatePolicy #GreenTransition #Participation #EUCommission 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yeyudbbf

✉️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 #𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! Read it and 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 to stay informed about @egmontinstitute.bsky.social news, publications & events. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 mailchi.mp/egmontinstit...

"Er bestaan al mogelijkheden om drones te bestrijden, maar geen enkele is ideaal." "Dit is een intimidatiecampagne. Rusland wil tonen dat ook NAVO-landen kwetsbaar zijn. " www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... hat tip @atjmattelaer.bsky.social at @egmontinstitute.bsky.social

Members of staff and associates of the @egmontinstitute.bsky.social gathered at the Fondation Universitaire to give a fond farewell to Pol De Witte who was at the helm of the institute for the last 3 years. Tot weerziens !

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Joris Van Bladel @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The Ice: The Confrontation That Cannot Thaw" #Russia #Security #StrategicResilience #EU 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4h733pm8

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Jean-Louis De Brouwer @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The Future of Europe: Another Historic Moment?" #SOTEU2025 #Geopolitics #EuropeanIntegration 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/bdvhcmum

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Wannes Verstraete @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “Adapting the Hardware of NATO’s Forward-Deployed Nuclear Forces” #NATO #NuclearDeterrence #Security 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4unzjh6h

🎧𝗘𝗚𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗘'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 "Global Affairs Unpacked" - Episosde 4 JC Hoste is joined by JLDeBrouwer as they explore whether the EU can truly balance solidarity with national interests, and what’s at stake as its key mechanisms move from paper to practice. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/egmontpodcast4

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “The Cost of Forgetting Africa in Security Strategy” #Africa #Security #Geopolitics #EUdefence 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mr226je2

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Jan Luyckx @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “The EU-India Strategic Relationship in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil” #EUIndia #Geopolitics #IndoPacific 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/47zlP33

🏆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 Awarded by @egmontinstitute.bsky.social and the European Security and Defence College 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for the 11th edition - 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝟭𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧! tinyurl.com/24hjmh8r

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Joris Van Bladel @egmontinstitute.bsky.social “The Fire: The Offensive Meant to Decide the War” The 1st in a series of 3 Policy Briefs called "The Fire, the Ice, and the Fog: A Sublimation of the Russian Threat" #Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/3K5NoqH

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Hanaa El Hajji @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "The Arctic: A Strategic Shift for Europe. A Unique Opportunity for Belgium" #Belgium #Arctic #Geopolitics #Climate #EU #NATO 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4htypymb

In my latest for @monde-diplomatique.fr, I'm painting a bleak picture of the #security & #political situation in the #Sahel: - #Jihadist expansion - #authoritarian rule entrenched - #Russia #Turkey #Gulf states increasing influence #Niger #Mali #Burkina www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/09/WILE...

🚨 Extended call for a #MSCA #PhD opportunity at @egmontinstitute.bsky.social in the framework of the EUFOG Doctoral Network. 👉 Interested in researching #EU foreign policy and #defense? Apply now! www.egmontinstitute.be/jobs-interns... ⏰ Deadline September 30th

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Wannes Verstraete @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Fit for the Future? A Review of the Belgian Defence’s 2025 Strategic Vision" #Belgium #NATO #Defence #Geopolitics 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/4mh8m696

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Sven Biscop @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Summits and Sanctions, War and Peace: Is the EU Still in the Game?" #EU #Geopolitics #StrategicAutonomy #Ukraine #China #US 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/fuzv6a8x

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Jean-Louis De Brouwer @egmontinstitute.bsky.social "Migration: Give the Pact a Chance" #EU #Migration #Asylum #Solidarity 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/mxwk6z46

📚 If you didn’t have time during the first half of the year, this summer is the perfect time to catch up on reading our @egmontinstitute.bsky.social publications. #internationalrelations #thinktank 👉 egmontinstitute.be/publications/

🎧 Would you like to delve deeper into global matters with experts from the @egmontinstitute.bsky.social ? Listen to our #podcast “Global Affairs Unpacked” on Spotify! @ninawilen.bsky.social @atjmattelaer.bsky.social #SvenBiscop #internationalrelations #thinktank 👉 tinyurl.com/egmontpodcast