Promoting regional connectivity should be a EU priority for Afghanistan
For many, it is a disaster foretold. As America ends the longest of its “forever wars”, foreign troops leave Afghanistan after twenty troubled years and Taliban militants seize more and more territory amid fears of rising bloodshed and destruction, the emerging international consensus is simple: another state collapse in Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban would be a danger both to the region and the world.
The Geopolitical Playground in Iraq: Stuck between US and Iranian tensions, how the Biden administration can proceed in Iraq
Submitted by Elisa Cherry on Tue, 04/06/2021 - 13:55
The BIC Reacts to the Adoption of the European Peace Facility
Yesterday the EU adopted the European Peace Facility, an off-budget fund of approximately €5 billion for the period 2021-2027. The facility will allow the EU, for the first time, to complement the activities of its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations in host countries with assistance measures - including the supply of lethal weaponry. Although this initiative might give the EU more flexibility, autonomy and leverage, there are lots of counterproductive risks.
Series of recordings in Studio Ter Elst in Antwerp with as topic National Security, Radicalism, and Terrorism under the title “Disarmed”.
The Brussels International Center for Research and Human Rights (BIC - RHR) is honoured to announce the kick-off of a series of recordings in Studio Ter Elst in Antwerp with as topic national security, radicalism, and terrorism under the title “Disarmed”.