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EGMONT – Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations provides a platform for interdisciplinary research & debate on European & international affairs.

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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @michellehaas.bsky.social, ‬Pieter Balcaen & Tim Haesebrouck
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"Belgium’s public confrontation with hybrid threats – lessons from drone incursions"

#HybridThreats #EuropeanSecurity #Belgium #Defence

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/44jayms4
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Jasper Roctus
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"Cross-Strait Tensions in 2025: Why Escalation Remains Unlikely"

#Taiwan #China #Geopolitics #EU #ForeignPolicy #IndoPacific #ThinkTank #EgmontInstitute

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/bddwa67u
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🛡️ 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
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @kristoftiteca.bsky.social
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"Why Sudan’s conflict is escalating — and becoming harder to stop"

#Sudan #HornOfAfrica #ConflictAnalysis #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/cj6kwpu9
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🎧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
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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"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
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
✉️ 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.

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November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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❓ 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...
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...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social
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"Is Mali’s military regime running out of gas?"

#Mali #Sahel #Security #Africa #Governance #JNIM #Geopolitics #EgmontInstitute

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yhc7rkm2
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📄 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
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social
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"Securitizing the Sahel: Analysing External Interventions and their Consequences"

#SecurityForceAssistance #Securitization #PeaceOperations #CivilMilitary

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/bdfpf7cc
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
by Katsiaryna Lozka and Justine Staelens
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The EU Enlargement test : Dilemmas of geopolitics, conditionality, and public concerns

#EU #Enlargement #Geopolitics #Ukraine
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/y9adm4nx
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📄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
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @victordedecker.bsky.social
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"Hall of Mirrors: How U.S.–China Export Controls Feed Each Other"

#Geoeconomics #TradePolicy #USChinaRelations#StrategicCompetition #EuropeInTheWorld

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/43k3Pqa
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📄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
October 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Sebastian Emde
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"Strengthening EU Participatory Governance: Lessons from the Platform on Sustainable Finance”

#EU #Governance #SustainableFinance #ClimatePolicy #GreenTransition #Participation #EUCommission

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yeyudbbf
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
✉️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 #𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁!

Read it and 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 to stay informed about @egmontinstitute.bsky.social news, publications & events.

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October 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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"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
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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 !
September 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📄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
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📄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
September 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📄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
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🎧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
September 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM