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Congratulations!
#SvenBiscop
has been elected as an Associate Member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences of 🇧🇪 . A great opportunity to foster cooperation between our 2 venerable institutions: the Academy (founded in 1928) &
@EgmontInstitute
(1947)
The
@EgmontInstitute
is honoured to announce the arrival of Pol De Witte, former Secretary General of the Household of H.M. the King, as its new Director General since 1st October 2022. Welcome Pol!
WELCOME - Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann, a well-known terrorism scholar, will join the Egmont Institute as a Senior Associate Fellow. He will integrate the Europe in the World Programme.
@PeterRNeumann
@EgmontInstitute
The
@EgmontInstitute
proudly congratulates
#svenbiscop
on being awarded the cross of Officer of the Order of the Crown by HM the King, in recognition of his services to the institute. A great honour for Sven and for Royal
@EgmontInstitute
as a whole.
🚨 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖!
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop has been honoured with the 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦 by the Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy Caroline
.
@EgmontInstitute
is proud to have contributed to the elaboration of the first Belgian National Security Strategy. That is why we launched the Think-Tank Platform National Security to continue work on the Belgian NSS in the future
WELCOME - Juha Saarinen will join the Egmont Institute as a Visiting Fellow, working on transnational jihadi networks in Europe. He will integrate the Europe in the World Programme.
@NihilisticZeal
@EgmontInstitute
Clôture de 2⃣ semaines d'échange d'expertise en vue de la prise de Présidence de l'UA par la RDC ! 🇧🇪🤝🇨🇩
@BelgiumMFA
@_AfricanUnion
Merci aux participants à
#Kinshasa
&
#AddisAbeba
pour leur attention & leur disponibilité. Bonne continuation dans leurs nouvelles responsabilités👏
We
@EgmontInstitute
are proud to announce that
#SvenBiscop
, Director of the Europe in the World Programme, has just become a member of the Scientific Board of the Flemish Peace Institute
@Vredesinstituut
🗎 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬
🧵(1/5) The false excuse that Belgium is just a small country and wants to be a "small reliable partner" to the best of its ability is becoming increasingly uncredible for our immediate partners
#Belgium
#EU
#NATO
#Defense
@EgmontInstitute
❄️The Belgica, Belgium’s newest research vessel, will play a major role in Arctic research. Her predecessors undertook historic polar expeditions. Join our 🇧🇪Session at
@_Arctic_Circle
, “In the wake of the Belgica. Belgium’s Arctic Journey”, on 14/10 at 15.05
#ArcticCircle2022
5 years after the launch of PESCO and 5 waves of projects later, it is the right time to ask whether the tool still corresponds to what its designers had in mind. Is this the PESCO we want?
#PESCO
@CozarBeatriz
@EgmontInstitute
🏆 The 2023 Global Strategy PhD Prize Awarded to
@TGehrke_
🔍 His dissertation, "𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻," analyzes the impact of great power competition on the
Welcome to our new associate
@EgmontInstitute
Delina Goxho, Associate Fellow for our Africa Programme, expert in remote warfare and security in Europe and West Africa regions
#WestAfrica
@delinagoxho
🇧🇪👑Today, we are celebrating Belgium's King's Day!
Since 1866, King's Day has been celebrated on 15 November.
Did you know that King Philip is the 7th King of the Belgians?
Joyeuse fête du Roi !
Gelukkige Koningsdag!
Glücklicher Königstag!
Happy King's Day!
📢HAPPENING NOW
@EgmontInstitute
Major-General Frederik Vansina, Head of Strategy in
@BelgiumDefence
, opens the 3rd edition of the Senior Strategic Course
Organised by Egmont,
@IHEDN
and BAKS under the aegis of the ESDC
China imposed sanctions against ten individuals (including academic researchers) and four institutions in Europe. This is a very worrisome trend. The Director-general of
@EgmontInstitute
@ChantryHugues
has signed this letter with 31 think tank directors
The adoption of the strategic compass is all the more important in the current context. The compass must make a difference this time. It will test political will in the EU on defence
@DedonderLudivin
@EgmontInstitute
Congratulations to all
#thinktanks
for the work they do in these challenging times. We are proud to be among this select group in the
@TTCSP
list
#thinktanklife
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
🧵(1/6) A review of the current defence strategy seems inevitable. The enforced plan must be ambitious and recognise the urgency emanating from the international security environment
#Defence
🇧🇪
@W_Verstraete
@MichelleHaas_
@EgmontInstitute
Dr. Thomas Renard was awarded the ‘Best Doctoral Dissertation on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism’ by the jury of the Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI) for his PhD dissertation
#counterterrorism
@tom_renard
@EgmontInstitute
HAPPENING NOW!
@EgmontInstitute
Presentation by HRH
@FaisalbinFarhan
on Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ reform plans, as well as on recent developments in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s relations with Russia and China
Chaired by
@DewittePol
Moderated by
#BernardSiman
Yesterday we celebrated that
#Fran
çoisRoux is leaving us as a Senior Advisor on European Affairs and joining us on 01/01/23 as a Senior Associate Fellow in the Europe Programme
Merci François et à bientôt!
Ja, het zou kunnen dat Rusland na Oekraine Europa aanvalt. Rusland heeft een visie op de wereld waarin de EU en de VS geen leiders zijn, Rusland en China wel. Wij zijn daar niet klaar voor
@general_marcT
@EgmontInstitute
in
@deafspraaktv
📢The European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and
@EgmontInstitute
award the 2022 Global Strategy PhD Prize to Dr Linde Desmaele
@dsm_ld
, Senior Associate Researcher at
@CSDS_Brussels
at BSoG-VUB, and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at
@MIT_SSP
.
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
🧵(1/5) The question that von der Leyen and the other EU leaders have to answer first is not the geopolitical one (Where am I?), but the strategic one: Who am I? Which role does the EU think it is playing on the world stage?
#EUCommission
Earlier today at
@EgmontInstitute
Meeting on NATO’s New Force Model: Operationalising Collective Defence.
An Expert Exchange with Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee.
Chaired by
@DewittePol
Moderated by
@ATJMattelaer
Vacancy for a Research Fellow in the Africa Programme!
▶️theme “Great Power Politics” in Africa or “Economics in Africa
▶️Full Time renewable contract for a period of 1 year
▶️Read more and apply here
the book puts forward an intelligent and highly intelligible case as to why Grand Strategy should be operationalised in a particular way by all great powers in these times of increasing turbulence
@FEPS_Europe
on
#svenbiscops
new book
It is with great sadness that
@EgmontInstitute
has to announce the passing of our Senior Associate Fellow Frank De Coninck. His expertise in the Great Lakes Region was of great value to the Africa Programme over the years.
Our thoughts go out to his family and friends
Felicitaties aan de 10
#Defensie
#wijzen
:
Jonathan Holslag
Sven Biscop
David Criekemans
Cindy Du Bois
Joseph Henrotin
Alexander Mattelaer
Delphine Resteigne
Dorothée Vandamme
Nina Wilen
Caroline Zickgraf
Het
@EgmontInstitute
is fier 3 collega's terug te vinden in
#ComDef
🇧🇪
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
The fundamental purpose of NATO’s nuclear capability is to preserve peace, prevent coercion and deter aggression. As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear alliance
#NATO
#NuclearAlliance
@ATJMattelaer
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲
"Inzet van Russische kernwapens tegen NAVO-bondgenoot zou tot vergelding leiden. Daar heeft Poetin niets bij te winnen. Maar Oekraïne is geen lid. Als Poetin dreigt te verliezen, kan hij zijn nucleaire joker inzetten en er enorme schade aanrichten."
@ATJMattelaer
#terzaketv
🎥𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗚𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧 - "This is Not a New World Order: Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan" by
#SvenBiscop
Now on
@EgmontInstitute
's youtube channel 👉
2 years after the Islamic State lost its last territorial foothold in Syria, more than 200 women from 11 European countries and their 650 children are living in two Syrian camps, Al Hol and Roj, according to figures compiled by
@tom_renard
@EgmontInstitute
🗎 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬
🧵(1/5) Power is not a dirty word. Our society often assumed power could only be abused, but if one wants to bring about positive change, one needs power too
#power
#legitimacy
@general_marcT
@EgmontInstitute
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
Stevenen de VS en China af op een koude oorlog? En botsen wij straks met Poetin?
#SvenBiscop
@EgmontInstitute
is het hoog tijd dat de EU spierballen kweekt tussen mondiale rivalen die een steeds gevaarlijker spel spelen
🔛Les énarques de
@ena_rdc
se prêtent à l'exercice de la restitution de leurs stages de professionnalisation, à l'ère du digital💻!
@BelgiumMFA
@Enabel_en_RDC
Bravo à vous tous qui serez très bientôt promus!👏🔜🎓
🇧🇪🤝🇨🇩
🛬Arriver en poste dans un pays 🌎par temps de Covid n'est pas facile!
@EgmontTraining
&
@BelgiumMFA
sont ravis d'accueillir 15 diplomates nouveaux arrivants🧳pour une formation en ligne💻de 5 jours. Au programme: faire découvrir la 🇧🇪 et son fonctionnement.
🇦🇲🇧🇫🇨🇱🇨🇮🇱🇦🇲🇬🇲🇱🇲🇺🇹🇳🇻🇳
Dat is eigenlijk beschamend. Het is nog maar eens een typisch voorbeeld van de EU die aarzelt en de VS die als eerste optreden. Terwijl velen heimelijk blij zijn dat de Amerikanen de kastanjes uit het vuur halen
#svenbiscop
#rodezee
@EgmontInstitute
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