Sven Biscop

Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop directs the Europe in the World programme at the Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels, and lectures at Ghent University. He is the author of "Grand Strategy in 10 Words – A Guide to Great Power Politics in the 21st Century”.

Trump’s Europe policy, and Europe’s response

The US and Europe are allies, or that is what the Europeans still wish to believe. That does not mean that they are not economic competitors at the same time, or that they do not disagree on specific points of foreign policy. But they know…

America 2025: is Europe ready for the old normal?

A newly-elected President of the United States who lays claim to Canada, Greenland, and Panama, is far from normal. For Europeans, it is the last thing they expected from their powerful ally, supposed to be a bulwark of the international…

Non un’altra Commissione geopolitica, per favore!

Il Consiglio e il Parlamento europeo hanno affidato a Ursula von der Leyen un secondo mandato alla presidenza della Commissione Europea, ma hanno fornito qualche indicazione sulla strategia complessiva che intendono seguire? Sotto la guida…

The Red Sea as a core business for the EU

The EU is preparing to launch a maritime operation to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by the Houthis from Yemen. A welcome and necessary decision; and none too late, two months after the attacks started. What once…

Ukraine: military offensives, hybrid attacks – and no peace in sight

“In war everything is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. Those difficulties add up and cause friction, which nobody can really imagine who has not witnessed war”. Thus Clausewitz. An effective plan of attack is based on a simple…

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