The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) is a research hub at the VUB analysing Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific geopolitical dynamics.

Brussels, Belgium
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Please note that our website is currently down for security reasons. We are working to get the site back online as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
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We are back online now! Thanks for your patience.
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We were delighted to organise a kick-off roundtable for our latest initiative, SECURE-INDO, a joint CSDR–CSDS platform for assessing 🇮🇳-🇪🇺 security and defence cooperation. The project is supported by the EU. More info: csds.vub.be/project/secure-i…
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"The failure of the FCAS raises questions about the most effective way to cooperate in defence in Europe. A modular approach could preserve national autonomy while simultaneously allowing states and industry to integrate underlying technologies". Read csds.vub.be/publication/afte…
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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "After FCAS: Towards a Modular Path for European Sixth-Generation Air Power?", by Björn Fägersten Read csds.vub.be/publication/afte…
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"The Ceuta events were not a sudden crisis, given that European borders increasingly face hybrid threats involving unauthorised crossings on both the Eastern and Southern flanks". Read csds.vub.be/publication/the-… #Ceuta
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"ROK-Europe relations have deepened substantially in recent years, both in terms of the number of issue areas covered and the depth in which they are covered. This was the key message coming out of the fifth edition of the Brussels Korea Forum". Read csds.vub.be/publication/sout…
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"Cooperation with Indo-Asia-Pacific partners would remain possible but become narrower, more selective and interest-driven – consistent with a right-wing emphasis on “sovereignism"...", write Michael Reiterer and Mason Richey. Read csds.vub.be/publication/euro…
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"South Korea is the largest or second largest Asian investor across many European countries – particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where South Korean firms have a strong foothold", writes Ramón Pacheco Pardo. Read csds.vub.be/publication/sout…
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"South Korea and Europe need a relationship that accounts for the reality of a fragmented international system defined by Sino-American competition and the end of liberal frameworks that promote cooperation", writes Ramón Pacheco Pardo. Read csds.vub.be/publication/sout…
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"Ceuta’s vulnerability to the instrumentalisation of migration requires the EU to apply lessons learned from countering similar hybrid operations faced on the eastern flank", write Denis Cenusa and Ivan U. Klyszcz. Read csds.vub.be/publication/the-… #Ceuta #EU
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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "Europe and the Indo-Pacific: The Possible Effects of Growing Right-Wing Influence", by Michael Reiterer and Mason Richey. Read csds.vub.be/publication/euro…
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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "South Korea-Europe Relations: Reflections from the 2026 Brussels Korea Forum", by Ramón Pacheco Pardo. Read csds.vub.be/publication/sout…
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"The Ceuta case raises serious questions for the EU as a whole about how best to protect the southern European borders against actions resembling hybrid warfare", write Denis Cenusa and Ivan U. Klyszcz. Read csds.vub.be/publication/the-… #Ceuta #Hybrid
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Are you interested in what's shaping Europe's relationship with the Indo-Pacific? Do you want to know how security, technology and economic dynamics are shaping the two regions? Join us at the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue on 1 December. Register csds.vub.be/event/brussels-i…
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Don't forget to catch our latest podcast episode of #StrategySpeaks. We discuss how Europe and South Korea can deepen economic cooperation. Listen today Apple podcasts.apple.com/be/podcas… Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6CS… YouTube piped.video/FQgRTmDYbm4?si=rymU…
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Yesterday, we were delighted to host Frank Kendall at our first #CSDSConversation of the academic year. We discussed Secretary Kendall's new book, "Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare" (details below). A great discussion! More info csds.vub.be/conversations/di…
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Details on the new book by Frank Kendall: "Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It or Not" (Knox Press). Purchase permutedpress.com/book/letha…
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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "The Ceuta Crisis Puzzle: A Moroccan Operation?", by Denis Cenusa and Ivan U. Klyszcz. Read csds.vub.be/publication/the-…
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Listen to our latest episode of #StrategySpeaks on Europe-Korea relations: Apple podcasts.apple.com/be/podcas… Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6CS… YouTube piped.video/FQgRTmDYbm4?si=rymU…
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