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
Policy Brief - EU Security Policy After COVID: Walking the Talk or Losing Credibility
Blog post by Michael Reiterer on EU security interests in the Korean Peninsula
Drone swarms: coming (sometime) to a war near you. Just not today.
Events
North Korea Beyond the Six Parties
The EU and Japan in a post-Covid world: the resilience of supply chains
The EU and Japan in a post-Covid world: the “battle of narratives” and the disinformation threat
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
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
South Korea's 'exclusive clubs' dilemma
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
Mapping Out EU-Korea relations: Key Member States' Perspectives (Phase 2)
Support for the KF-VUB Korea Chair
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
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