EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations is an independent think-tank based in Brussels. Its interdisciplinary research is conducted in a spirit of total academic freedom. Drawing on the expertise of its own research fellows, as well as that of external specialists, both Belgian and foreign, it provides analysis and suggests international policy options that are meant to be as operational as possible. Benefiting from the role acquired by Brussels in the global arena and from the prestigious setting of the Egmont Palace, the Institute offers an ideal forum to visiting Heads of State, Heads of government, representatives of international organisations, foreign ministers and other political figures. Conferences, colloquia and seminars nurture the work of the research fellows. They also give participants the opportunity to exchange views with other specialists and with a well-informed public made up of representatives of the political, economic and academic spheres, the media and civil society. Along with research and meetings, the Institute has also developed specialised training activities, both in Brussels and abroad. It can, on request, offer specific programmes for visiting and resident diplomats and foreign professionals. Closer collaboration with other research centres, both in Belgium and in the rest of Europe and beyond, has resulted in a growing number of joint conferences and in more structured cooperation on research and publications. It has proved to be mutually beneficial and enriching.
Additional Materials from EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations: Working Papers
Title: The German Constitutional Court's decision about the European Central Bank's OMT mechanism: A masterpiece of judicial arrogance
Authors: Charles Secondat, Daisy Roterod, P.J. Goossens
Date: July 2014Title: Tackling terror in Africa: what local roles for insurgency groups?
Authors: Jean-Christophe Hoste
Date: July 2014Title: Cardiff: Birthplace of a new Transatlantic Narrative?
Authors: Jo Coelmont
Date: July 2014Title: A Eurozone Subcommittee in the European Parliament: high hopes, low results?
Authors: Stijn Verhelst
Date: July 2014Title: The European Parliament: it has to do with you
Date: May 2014Title: Building European defence: an architect and a bank
Authors: Jo Coelmont, Sven Biscop
Date: May 2014Title: The German Constitutional Court's decision about the European Central Bank's OMT mechanism: A masterpiece of judicial arrogance
Authors: Charles Secondat, Daisy Roterod, P.J. Goossens
Date: April 2014Title: A Eurozone Subcommittee in the European Parliament: high hopes, low results?
Authors: Stijn Verhelst
Date: April 2014Title: What future for the eurozone? Combining discipline, solidarity and institutional reforms
Authors: Stijn Verhelst, Xavier Vanden Bosch
Date: March 2014Title: Twenty eight national elections for a Parliament in constant evolution
Authors: Michel Theys
Date: March 2014Title: The summit of our ambition? European defence between Brussels and Wales
Authors: Sven Biscop
Date: March 2014Title: The role of the European Union in the world
Authors: Eneko Landaburu
Date: March 2014Title: The impact of the withdrawal from Afghanistan on Russia's security
Authors: Patrick Nopens
Date: March 2014Title: The case for a European social union
Authors: Frank Vandenbroucke
Date: March 2014Title: The Belgian parliaments and EU affairs: the reasons behind their limited involvement
Authors: Xavier Vanden Bosch
Date: March 2014Title: Re-designing the European Climate and Energy policies post-2020
Authors: Clémentine d'Oultremont
Date: March 2014Title: Is the EMU ready for future shocks? An overview of available backstops
Authors: Xavier Vanden Bosch
Date: March 2014Title: From Lampedusa to the Post-Stockholm Programme: Difficult European solidarity in the field of migration
Authors: Corinne Balleix
Date: March 2014Title: A crisis of democratic legitimacy? It's about legitimation, stupid!
Authors: Alexander Mattelaer, Eline Severs
Date: March 2014Title: Institutional reform in the EU
Authors: Philippe de Schoutheete
Date: February 2014Title: Syria: a roadmap for a sustainable political settlement
Authors: Joris Couvreur
Date: January 2014Title: Banks at the Service of the Economy?
Authors: Eric De Keuleneer
Date: November 2013Title: The Role of Europe in Enhancing Cooperative Security in Asia and the Pacific: A View from Japan
Authors: Takako Ueta
Date: October 2013Title: What if the Next Financial Crisis Hits the Banking Union? A Call for an "If All Else Fails" Clause
Authors: Stijn Verhelst
Date: September 2013Title: More Competitive, More Efficient? The 2013 European Commission Defence Communication
Authors: Daniel Fiott
Date: September 2013Title: The Start-Up Fund– An Elegant Treaty Mechanism for Sustaining Defence Capabilities
Authors: Dinesh H.C. Rempling, Quentin Huxham
Date: June 2013Title: Recalibrating CSDP - NATO Relations: The Real Pivot
Authors: Jo Coelmont, Maurice de Langlois
Date: June 2013Title: Mali: filling the void
Authors: Hans Hoebeke
Date: June 2013Title: Kenya's elections: the peace lobotomy?
Authors: Jean-Christophe Host
Date: June 2013Title: Dealing with land issues and conflict in eastern Congo: towards an integrated and participatory approach
Authors: Koen Vlassenroot
Date: June 2013Title: Don't complicate it even further: Macroeconomic Conditionality as a Substitute for new Structural Reform Contracts
Authors: Stijn Verhelst
Date: May 2013Title: Pool it, Share it, Use it: The European Council on Defence
Authors: Sven Biscop
Date: March 2013Title: A European Global Security Strategy: Offering Seven - League Boots to Become a Global Actor
Authors: Jo Coelmont
Date: March 2013Title: Geopolitical Shifts in the Eastern Mediterranean
Authors: Patrick Nopens
Date: February 2013Title: Mali: Another European Intervention without the EU?
Authors: Rik Coolsaet, Sven Biscop, Jo Coelmont
Date: January 2013Title: A case for adjusting fiscal consolidation in the eurozone
Authors: Xavier Vanden Bosch
Date: January 2013Title: African dynamics at the climate change negotiations
Authors: Jean-Christophe Hoste, Andrew Anderson
Date: November 2011Title: Where was united Africa in the climate change negotiations?
Authors: Jean-Christophe Hoste
Date: February 2010Title: Fragile states and the international response: in pursuit of security or development?
Authors: Koen Vlassenroot
Date: September 2009