About the Centre
The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the key contemporary security and diplomatic challenges of the 21st century – and their impact on Europe – while reaching out to the policy community that will ultimately need to handle such challenges. Our expertise in security studies will seek to establish comprehensive theoretical and policy coverage of strategic competition and its impact on Europe, whilst paying particular attention to the Transatlantic relationship and the wider Indo-Pacific region. Diplomacy as a field of study will be treated broadly and comparatively to encompass traditional statecraft and foreign policy analysis, as well as public, economic and cultural diplomacy. The CSDS is pleased to host the KF-VUB Korea Chair and Japan Program.
The CSDS builds on a critical mass of scholars with expertise and publication track record in the areas of diplomacy and security, and an ample network of policy and expert contacts within Brussels and beyond. Thanks to its Korea Chair and Japan programme, the CSDS is also emerging as a European hub for analysis of geopolitical and security dynamics in East Asia.
Key themes
- international security and strategic studies
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diplomacy and statecraft
News at the Centre
Publications
Discourse analytical approaches and the study of EU external action
Hedging by Default: The Limits of EU "Strategic Autonomy" in a Binary World Order
Article by Michael Reiterer on the 10th anniversary of the EU-Korea Strategic partnership
Events
Transatlantic Relations and the Indo-Pacific: Implications for Japan and Korea
Japan Program - Public Lecture series
North Korea Beyond the Six Parties
News
Alexander Mattelaer appointed as member of new Belgian strategic defense committee
Book by Dr Ramon Pacheco Pardo rated as one of the top ten International Affairs books reviewed in 2020
In the media
Active role for US unlikely in Korea-Japan row
British media: "Han Kwang-son remits over 100 million won per month to North Korea" (in Korean)
[Column] South Koreans’ push for a freer country yields benefits
Projects
Jean Monnet Module: Europe Explained - Inter-University Summer School on EU Policy-making
Erasmus +
EU Policy and Outreach Partnership (EUPOP) in the Republic of Korea (RoK)
European Commission
Japan Program
Who wins the legislative battle? Tracing legislative change and policy ideas in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
FAIRNESS: Implementation of Stockholm's roadmap in cases of terrorism and radicalisation
Support for the KF-VUB Korea Chair
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Mapping Out EU-Korea relations: Key Member States' Perspectives (Phase 2)
MINDb4ACT: Mapping, IdentifyiNg and Developing skills and opportunities in operating environments to co-create innovative, ethical and effective ACTions to tackle radicalization leading to violent extremism”
European Commission - Horizon 2020
Jean Monnet Chair: EXACT - Explaining EU Action in Counter Terrorism
Erasmus +
Extended deterrence in Europe and Northeast Asia: A comparative approach
Japanese Embassy
Research Network on Regime (REFRACT)
Political Warfare
The European Commission in Drone Community: a New Cooperation Area in the Making (EU-DRONES)
European Commission - Horizon 2020
Research and innovation programme
European leadership in Cultural, Science, and Innovation Diplomacy (EL-CSID)
European Commission - Horizon 2020