The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy
The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) is a research hub at the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The Centre is an interdisciplinary Large Research Group at the VUB that leads research on international security, European security, Indo-Pacific security and more.
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.
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 Chair.
