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📄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

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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 Mali’s Military Regime Running out of Gas? - Egmont Institute After almost two months of an economic blockade imposed by the Al-Qaida affiliated group JNIM, (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), the Malian military regime is under pressure to find solutions to...

❓ 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

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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