CSDS Brussels
@csds.bsky.social
The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy at the VUB’s Brussels School of Governance. Proud home to the Japan Chair and KF-VUB Korea Chair.
"South Korea’s cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have displayed a proactive operational posture, and thus, future cooperation with Europe would be most effectively advanced through direct collaboration among military and intelligence communities".
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"South Korea’s cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have displayed a proactive operational posture, and thus, future cooperation with Europe would be most effectively advanced through direct collaboration among military and intelligence communities".
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❗New Analysis❗
Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
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Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
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www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
❗New Analysis❗
Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
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www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Writing for the EU Military Committee's "EU Military Forum", Daniel Fiott looks at the NATO Hague Summit conclusions and their impact on European defence. He focuses specifically on the 5% target in his analysis. Give it a read!
Read
www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
This evening, our Director @luissimonn.bsky.social will deliver a keynote speech at the event "Europe and Southeast Asia: Anchors for a Stable Indo-Pacific Order", organised by the Vienna School of International Studies with partners.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This evening, our Director @luissimonn.bsky.social will deliver a keynote speech at the event "Europe and Southeast Asia: Anchors for a Stable Indo-Pacific Order", organised by the Vienna School of International Studies with partners.
More info
ostasien.univie.ac.at/news/news-ei...
More info
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"every branded strategy tends to get built up too much by one side and politically denigrated by the other. As if the other side cannot have a good idea, you know? In our polarised politics, the Third Offset has that branding problem", states Clinton Hinote.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"every branded strategy tends to get built up too much by one side and politically denigrated by the other. As if the other side cannot have a good idea, you know? In our polarised politics, the Third Offset has that branding problem", states Clinton Hinote.
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❗ Week in Review ❗
We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (17-21 November 2025). Lots of interesting publications and events.
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We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (17-21 November 2025). Lots of interesting publications and events.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
❗ Week in Review ❗
We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (17-21 November 2025). Lots of interesting publications and events.
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We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (17-21 November 2025). Lots of interesting publications and events.
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Reposted by CSDS Brussels
❗New Strategy Debrief❗
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
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For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
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November 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
❗New Strategy Debrief❗
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
Read
csds.vub.be/publication/...
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
Read
csds.vub.be/publication/...
❗New Strategy Debrief❗
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
Read
csds.vub.be/publication/...
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
Read
csds.vub.be/publication/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
❗New Strategy Debrief❗
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
Read
csds.vub.be/publication/...
For our interview series in partnership with the Small Wars Journal, we are really pleased to share our discussion with Clinton Hinote on forward defence and the multi-domain "hellscape". Another great interview by Octavian Manea. Enjoy!
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csds.vub.be/publication/...
❗️Indo-Pacific❗️
As the 4th EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum gets underway in Brussels, why not learn more about how Europe and the Indo-Pacific matter to each other with CSDS analysis and research?
A thread on work you should not miss
#IndoPacific
As the 4th EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum gets underway in Brussels, why not learn more about how Europe and the Indo-Pacific matter to each other with CSDS analysis and research?
A thread on work you should not miss
#IndoPacific
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
❗️Indo-Pacific❗️
As the 4th EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum gets underway in Brussels, why not learn more about how Europe and the Indo-Pacific matter to each other with CSDS analysis and research?
A thread on work you should not miss
#IndoPacific
As the 4th EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum gets underway in Brussels, why not learn more about how Europe and the Indo-Pacific matter to each other with CSDS analysis and research?
A thread on work you should not miss
#IndoPacific
"The EU–ROK Security and Defence Partnership has laid a strong foundation for cybersecurity cooperation through joint exercises, intelligence sharing and coordinated threat attribution", writes Tae-Eun Song for CSDS.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"The EU–ROK Security and Defence Partnership has laid a strong foundation for cybersecurity cooperation through joint exercises, intelligence sharing and coordinated threat attribution", writes Tae-Eun Song for CSDS.
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Where is the EU heading on its defence readiness by 2030? Check out our handy one-pager containing all of the milestones found in the recent EU "Roadmap". Print it out, pin it up.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Where is the EU heading on its defence readiness by 2030? Check out our handy one-pager containing all of the milestones found in the recent EU "Roadmap". Print it out, pin it up.
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A lot of fun today! We are extremely pleased to work with IFS on this event, looking at Europe's position in US-China rivalry. Really great hearing the views of Øystein Tunsjø, Giulia Tercovich and Antonio Calcara!
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November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A lot of fun today! We are extremely pleased to work with IFS on this event, looking at Europe's position in US-China rivalry. Really great hearing the views of Øystein Tunsjø, Giulia Tercovich and Antonio Calcara!
More info
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❗CSDS Conversations❗
This week, we had the distinct pleasure and honour of inviting Ely Ratner, Principal at the Marathon Initiative, to a CSDS Conversation, where he made the case for a Pacific defence pact. A really great discussion!
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This week, we had the distinct pleasure and honour of inviting Ely Ratner, Principal at the Marathon Initiative, to a CSDS Conversation, where he made the case for a Pacific defence pact. A really great discussion!
Learn more
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November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
❗CSDS Conversations❗
This week, we had the distinct pleasure and honour of inviting Ely Ratner, Principal at the Marathon Initiative, to a CSDS Conversation, where he made the case for a Pacific defence pact. A really great discussion!
Learn more
csds.vub.be/conversation...
This week, we had the distinct pleasure and honour of inviting Ely Ratner, Principal at the Marathon Initiative, to a CSDS Conversation, where he made the case for a Pacific defence pact. A really great discussion!
Learn more
csds.vub.be/conversation...
❗Programme Live❗
We are delighted to share the programme for the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025 - a great line-up! Join us for discussions with Belen Martinez Carbonell (EEAS), Radmila Šhekerinska (NATO) and other high-level speakers!
See all speakers here
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We are delighted to share the programme for the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025 - a great line-up! Join us for discussions with Belen Martinez Carbonell (EEAS), Radmila Šhekerinska (NATO) and other high-level speakers!
See all speakers here
csds.vub.be/event/brusse...
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
❗Programme Live❗
We are delighted to share the programme for the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025 - a great line-up! Join us for discussions with Belen Martinez Carbonell (EEAS), Radmila Šhekerinska (NATO) and other high-level speakers!
See all speakers here
csds.vub.be/event/brusse...
We are delighted to share the programme for the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025 - a great line-up! Join us for discussions with Belen Martinez Carbonell (EEAS), Radmila Šhekerinska (NATO) and other high-level speakers!
See all speakers here
csds.vub.be/event/brusse...
❗New Event❗
➡️ The New Global (Dis)order: Europe, Japan and the Future of Alliances
🤝 with the Kajima Institute for International Peace, Institute for Security and Development Policy and Prospect Foundation
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏰ 14:30-16:30
📍VUB, Brussels
Register today
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➡️ The New Global (Dis)order: Europe, Japan and the Future of Alliances
🤝 with the Kajima Institute for International Peace, Institute for Security and Development Policy and Prospect Foundation
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏰ 14:30-16:30
📍VUB, Brussels
Register today
csds.vub.be/event/the-ne...
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
❗New Event❗
➡️ The New Global (Dis)order: Europe, Japan and the Future of Alliances
🤝 with the Kajima Institute for International Peace, Institute for Security and Development Policy and Prospect Foundation
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏰ 14:30-16:30
📍VUB, Brussels
Register today
csds.vub.be/event/the-ne...
➡️ The New Global (Dis)order: Europe, Japan and the Future of Alliances
🤝 with the Kajima Institute for International Peace, Institute for Security and Development Policy and Prospect Foundation
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏰ 14:30-16:30
📍VUB, Brussels
Register today
csds.vub.be/event/the-ne...
❗Media❗
Antonio Calcara, head of our geopolitics and technology programme, was recently quoted in the South China Morning Post media piece on Nexperia and Europe's place in a US-China tech war.
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Antonio Calcara, head of our geopolitics and technology programme, was recently quoted in the South China Morning Post media piece on Nexperia and Europe's place in a US-China tech war.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
❗Media❗
Antonio Calcara, head of our geopolitics and technology programme, was recently quoted in the South China Morning Post media piece on Nexperia and Europe's place in a US-China tech war.
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www.scmp.com/tech/tech-wa... @acalcara.bsky.social @scmpnews.bsky.social
Antonio Calcara, head of our geopolitics and technology programme, was recently quoted in the South China Morning Post media piece on Nexperia and Europe's place in a US-China tech war.
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www.scmp.com/tech/tech-wa... @acalcara.bsky.social @scmpnews.bsky.social
❗CODE Newsletter❗
Our latest newsletter under the #CODE project on geopolitics and technology is out. This edition follows Brussels' digital deregulation attempts, recasting the EU’s famed rule-making machinery as a tool for speed, scale and competitiveness.
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Our latest newsletter under the #CODE project on geopolitics and technology is out. This edition follows Brussels' digital deregulation attempts, recasting the EU’s famed rule-making machinery as a tool for speed, scale and competitiveness.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
❗CODE Newsletter❗
Our latest newsletter under the #CODE project on geopolitics and technology is out. This edition follows Brussels' digital deregulation attempts, recasting the EU’s famed rule-making machinery as a tool for speed, scale and competitiveness.
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csds.vub.be/publication/...
Our latest newsletter under the #CODE project on geopolitics and technology is out. This edition follows Brussels' digital deregulation attempts, recasting the EU’s famed rule-making machinery as a tool for speed, scale and competitiveness.
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❗ Week in Review ❗
We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (10-14 November 2025). Busy, as usual 🫡
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We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (10-14 November 2025). Busy, as usual 🫡
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November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
❗ Week in Review ❗
We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (10-14 November 2025). Busy, as usual 🫡
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We wish all of our followers a great weekend! Here's a round-up of some of our work this week (10-14 November 2025). Busy, as usual 🫡
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❗New Research❗
"'All Politics is Local': the US–China Balance in the First Island Chain and Japan’s Defense Transformation", by Kristin Lerfald Grostad for the Asian Security journal.
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"'All Politics is Local': the US–China Balance in the First Island Chain and Japan’s Defense Transformation", by Kristin Lerfald Grostad for the Asian Security journal.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
❗New Research❗
"'All Politics is Local': the US–China Balance in the First Island Chain and Japan’s Defense Transformation", by Kristin Lerfald Grostad for the Asian Security journal.
Read (Open Access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social
"'All Politics is Local': the US–China Balance in the First Island Chain and Japan’s Defense Transformation", by Kristin Lerfald Grostad for the Asian Security journal.
Read (Open Access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Yesterday, Lotje Boswinkel was a speaker at the HCSS and Clingendael "Progress Day 2025" conference on European sovereignty and transatlantic relations. An excellent and timely exchange with Tim Sweijs and Steven Everts!
More info
hcss.nl/events/ @hcss.bsky.social @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
More info
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November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yesterday, Lotje Boswinkel was a speaker at the HCSS and Clingendael "Progress Day 2025" conference on European sovereignty and transatlantic relations. An excellent and timely exchange with Tim Sweijs and Steven Everts!
More info
hcss.nl/events/ @hcss.bsky.social @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
More info
hcss.nl/events/ @hcss.bsky.social @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social
❗Register Now❗
➡️ Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe
🤝 IFS Norway
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏳ 11:00-12:30
📍 Press Club Europe, Brussels
Register here
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➡️ Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe
🤝 IFS Norway
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏳ 11:00-12:30
📍 Press Club Europe, Brussels
Register here
csds.vub.be/event/caught...
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
❗Register Now❗
➡️ Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe
🤝 IFS Norway
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏳ 11:00-12:30
📍 Press Club Europe, Brussels
Register here
csds.vub.be/event/caught...
➡️ Caught in the Middle? US-China Competition and the Implications for Europe
🤝 IFS Norway
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏳ 11:00-12:30
📍 Press Club Europe, Brussels
Register here
csds.vub.be/event/caught...
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Read our latest In-Depth Paper by Raluca Csernatoni and Eva Pejsova, which looks at the EU-Japan Digital Partnership. The paper looks at how the EU and Japan are navigating uncertain geopolitics in the digital domain.
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Read our latest In-Depth Paper by Raluca Csernatoni and Eva Pejsova, which looks at the EU-Japan Digital Partnership. The paper looks at how the EU and Japan are navigating uncertain geopolitics in the digital domain.
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csds.vub.be/publication/... #Japan #EU #Digital @inpacehub.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Read our latest In-Depth Paper by Raluca Csernatoni and Eva Pejsova, which looks at the EU-Japan Digital Partnership. The paper looks at how the EU and Japan are navigating uncertain geopolitics in the digital domain.
Read
csds.vub.be/publication/... #Japan #EU #Digital @inpacehub.bsky.social
Read our latest In-Depth Paper by Raluca Csernatoni and Eva Pejsova, which looks at the EU-Japan Digital Partnership. The paper looks at how the EU and Japan are navigating uncertain geopolitics in the digital domain.
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csds.vub.be/publication/... #Japan #EU #Digital @inpacehub.bsky.social
❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗
"Partners in the Cyber Trenches: EU-Republic of Korea Strategic Cybersecurity Cooperation", by Tae-Eun Song.
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"Partners in the Cyber Trenches: EU-Republic of Korea Strategic Cybersecurity Cooperation", by Tae-Eun Song.
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csds.vub.be/publication/... #cyber #security #Korea #Europe
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗
"Partners in the Cyber Trenches: EU-Republic of Korea Strategic Cybersecurity Cooperation", by Tae-Eun Song.
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csds.vub.be/publication/... #cyber #security #Korea #Europe
"Partners in the Cyber Trenches: EU-Republic of Korea Strategic Cybersecurity Cooperation", by Tae-Eun Song.
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csds.vub.be/publication/... #cyber #security #Korea #Europe
❗New Analysis❗
"Decarbonising Defence: Reconciling the Green Agenda with the Reindustrialisation of Europe’s Defence Sector", by Daniel Fiott for ARES Group.
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"Decarbonising Defence: Reconciling the Green Agenda with the Reindustrialisation of Europe’s Defence Sector", by Daniel Fiott for ARES Group.
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www.iris-france.org/en/decarboni... @aresgroup-eu.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
❗New Analysis❗
"Decarbonising Defence: Reconciling the Green Agenda with the Reindustrialisation of Europe’s Defence Sector", by Daniel Fiott for ARES Group.
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www.iris-france.org/en/decarboni... @aresgroup-eu.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
"Decarbonising Defence: Reconciling the Green Agenda with the Reindustrialisation of Europe’s Defence Sector", by Daniel Fiott for ARES Group.
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www.iris-france.org/en/decarboni... @aresgroup-eu.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
Onze professor, Alexander Mattelaer, werd in dit artikel van De Tijd geciteerd over een belangrijk onderwerp voor België. Hij betoogt dat drones in de buurt van Belgische luchthavens een psychologische hybride test zijn. Eén die we moeten doorstaan!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Onze professor, Alexander Mattelaer, werd in dit artikel van De Tijd geciteerd over een belangrijk onderwerp voor België. Hij betoogt dat drones in de buurt van Belgische luchthavens een psychologische hybride test zijn. Eén die we moeten doorstaan!
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www.tijd.be/dossiers/de-...
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Yesterday, CSDS Deputy Director Giulia Tercovich delivered a lecture on the "International Security Context and the EU's Role" as part of the ESDC's CSDP Orientation Course. Glad to be a part of the EU security and defence learning process.
More info
www.esdc.europa.eu/index_en
@giuter.bsky.social
More info
www.esdc.europa.eu/index_en
@giuter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yesterday, CSDS Deputy Director Giulia Tercovich delivered a lecture on the "International Security Context and the EU's Role" as part of the ESDC's CSDP Orientation Course. Glad to be a part of the EU security and defence learning process.
More info
www.esdc.europa.eu/index_en
@giuter.bsky.social
More info
www.esdc.europa.eu/index_en
@giuter.bsky.social