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❗New CODE Newsletter❗ Read the June 2025 #CODE project newsletter, which takes a look at key developments in geopolitics and technology over the past month. Trump, Xi and the Brussels Effect... you get the picture, so dive in. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/co…

Today, our Japan Chair Eva Pejsova spoke at the Baltic Indo-Pacific Forum, organised in Tallinn by ICDS. Bringing CSDS' own expertise on the region to the table, Eva spoke about the geopolitical shifts in the region. More info🔸 icds.ee/en/bipf-2025/

In this CSDS Policy Brief, Joris Teer argues that, in light of China's use of economic weapons, the EU should call a critical raw material emergency now and push all G7 and other partners to do the same. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/ca…

We were so pleased that we held the inaugural "#Brussels360" executive course from 4-6 June. What a pleasure to exchange views and network with motivated participants on the pressing challenges facing Europe and its allies and partners. More info🔸 csds.vub.be/brussels-360/

Today, Michael Reiterer participated in an academic seminar on the unification of the Korean peninsula. He focused on the current realities and prospects for peaceful change on the peninsula. More info🔸 puac.go.kr/en/index.do

Today, Antonio Calcara convened a workshop at the Politicologenetmaal 🇳🇱🇧🇪 2025, Groningen. The workshop focused on global transformations and included papers on semiconductors and defence integration with Eugenio Sánchez, Dirk De Bievre & Scott Hamilton. More info🔸 politicologenetmaal2025.wordpress.com

"Great powers are not competing for leanness or agility. On the contrary, they are building for resilience and redundancy – traits once seen as inefficient, but now central to a new survival logic", write Roderick Parkes and Mark McQuay. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/sp…

How is the European Defence Fund performing in its fourth year? Which firms and institutes are cooperating with each other in projects? What are the key defence innovation areas of investment for the EU? Daniel Fiott has you covered. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/de…

In this new CSDS Policy Brief, Luis Simón and Lotje Boswinkel outline four potential scenarios for a post-American Europe: ❎ Europe on its own ❎ Cut to the bone ❎ Status quo minus ❎ Residual but strategically significant presence Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/wh…

In this new edited volume on Italy-Japan relations by LUISS, the CSDS Japan Chair Eva Pejsova has written a chapter entitled "The EU’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and Implications for Japan-Italy Relations". Read🔸 sog.luiss.it/sites/sog.luis…

In 2022, Luis Simón wrote for War on the Rocks that a decisive defeat of Russia in Europe would ultimately strengthen America’s ability to compete with China in the Indo-Pacific. What does he think today? Read (Paywall)🔸 warontherocks.com/2025/06/does-t…

Which firms/institutes are involved in the most EDF projects (2021-2025)? 1. Thales Group🇫🇷 2. Leonardo🇮🇹 3. Indra🇪🇸 4. Fraunhofer🇩🇪 5. Saab Group🇸🇪 6. TNO🇳🇱 7. Safran Group🇫🇷 8. Austrian Institute of Technology🇦🇹 9. Rheinmetall🇩🇪 10. Elettronica🇮🇹 Read🔸csds.vub.be/publication/de…

In our latest episode of #StrategySpeaks, Becca Wasser sits down with Daniel Fiott to discuss the state of the US defence industrial base and its consequences for Europe. Apple🔸 podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/str… Spotify🔸 open.spotify.com/episode/5eMO2f…

🇪🇺🇯🇵 As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Japanese Mission to the EU, this special edition by The Parliament Magazine Magazine contains an interview with Japan Chair Eva Pejsova on security and defence relations between the EU and Japan. Give it a read! Read🔸 theparliamentmagazine.eu/magazine/issue…

❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "Enemy in the Crates: The Risks of Pre-deployed Covert Payloads for European Defence", by Daniel Fiott. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/en…