Annual Report Archives - CSDS https://csds.vub.be/tag/annual-report/ Defence and Statecraft Outreach Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:02:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://csds.vub.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-CSDS-logo-socials-32x32.jpg Annual Report Archives - CSDS https://csds.vub.be/tag/annual-report/ 32 32 CSDS Annual Report 2025 https://csds.vub.be/csds-annual-report-2025/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:45:47 +0000 https://csds.vub.be/?p=11040 In 2025, the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) continued to emerge as a key location within the Euro-Atlantic’s analytical ecosystem, reflecting both our research quality and the growing need for rigorous strategic reflection. CSDS continued to generate policy-relevant analysis on contemporary security and diplomatic challenges, with a particular focus on their implications for […]

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]]> In 2025, the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) continued to emerge as a key location within the Euro-Atlantic’s analytical ecosystem, reflecting both our research quality and the growing need for rigorous strategic reflection. CSDS continued to generate policy-relevant analysis on contemporary security and diplomatic challenges, with a particular focus on their implications for Europe. In this sense, in 2025, CSDS did not merely serve as a research centre, but it sought to deepen strategic thought in academia and policy through activities and outreach. CSDS continued to develop its analysis and activities on transatlantic relations, Indo-Pacific dynamics, technology and geopolitics, great-power competition and defence, while hosting flagship initiatives such as the KF-VUB Korea Chair and Japan Chair. Such initiatives underscore CSDS’s function as a bridge between regional security theatres, embedding European debates within wider systemic transformations being brought about by US-China strategic competition.

In 2025, CSDS’s consolidation and maturation are reflected in our output and policy engagement. The Centre has built a steady record of research production, external funding acquisition, events and collaboration with institutions including NATO, the EU, national governments, industry and think tanks. Projects such as the “Future of European Deterrence” illustrate our embeddedness in transatlantic policy networks. 2025 saw the introduction of new approaches, with the Brussels 360 executive course. Such training programmes saw CSDS grow further in 2025, as we seek to nurture the next generation of policy practitioners. Yet, we continued to pursue our traditional activities, including a transatlantic dialogue, a defence and statecraft forum, multiple CSDS Conversations and, of course, the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue.

We would like to thank our sponsors and partners. They have been instrumental in helping us to sharpen and deepen our analytical focus. In 2026, we will remain ambitious, and we have some exciting new initiatives to reveal soon.

In our Annual Report for 2025, CSDS highlights its events, projects, outreach activities and publications.

CSDS Annual Report 2025

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]]> CSDS Annual Report 2024 https://csds.vub.be/annual-report-2024/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:59:51 +0000 https://csds.vub.be/?p=8500 2024 was another successful year for the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS). 2024 saw the Centre build on its growing reputation as a leading research hub in Brussels that tackles the defining security questions of our time. During the year CSDS continued to focus its efforts on the Indo-Pacific, European security and defence, […]

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]]> 2024 was another successful year for the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS). 2024 saw the Centre build on its growing reputation as a leading research hub in Brussels that tackles the defining security questions of our time. During the year CSDS continued to focus its efforts on the Indo-Pacific, European security and defence, Europe-Japan relations, Europe-South Korea relations, geopolitics and technology, diplomacy, Europe-Taiwan relations, transatlantic security and much more.

As this annual report shows, CSDS has increased the tempo and ambition of its research and outreach activities. CSDS has gained wider acclaim through major events such as the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue. Likewise, 2024 was a successful year for CSDS products such as policy briefs, in-depth papers, conversations and our new podcast series, Strategy Speaks. CSDS has also continued to deliver cutting-edge research in leading journals and books.

In terms of project acquisition and delivery, CSDS has a proven track-record of delivering high-quality, policy relevant, analysis. In particular, CSDS was extremely pleased to kick-off two European Research Council projects on US-China rivalry and European autonomy and geopolitics and technology. CSDS also started its work as part of the INPACE project in 2024, and the Centre learned of its success in attracting more exciting projects that will begin in 2025.

In our Annual Report for 2024, CSDS highlights its events, projects, outreach activities and publications.

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