Brussels 360 – 2027 Edition
Course introduction The “Brussels 360” Executive Course aims to provide participants with a deeper and more critical understanding of Europe’s role in a world in flux. The onset of Sino-American strategic competition and Russia’s war in Ukraine are having profound effects on Europe’s security architecture and Europe’s global role. The core aim of this 3-day Executive […]
CSDS Annual Report 2025
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 […]
European Strategic Autonomy in the Age of United States-China Competition
Can the European Union (EU) strive for Strategic Autonomy in an age of intensifying Sino-American competition? This Special Issue published with the Journal of European Integration (JEI) in volume 45, issue 6, and guest edited by Prof. Dr. Luis Simón and Prof. Dr. Daniel Fiott, addresses this overarching question by: 1) unpacking the concept of […]
CSDS Policy Briefs
The purpose of Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) Policy Briefs is to provide analytical reflections on policy issues that affect European security. Our editorial line is that “European security” can be analysed in relation to shifts in international security or events that pertain to changing alliances and partnerships. CSDS Policy Briefs relate to […]
The Future of European Deterrence
The second Trump administration has urged Europeans to take primary responsibility for Europe’s conventional defence. During his first visit to Europe in February 2025, the United States’ (US) Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth affirmed that as the US prioritises ‘deterring war with China in the Indo-Pacific’, European allies would need to ‘lead from the front’ […]
CSDS Annual Report 2024
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, […]
Geopolitics and Technology
CSDS is proud to announce that a new project entitled Competition in the Digital Era (CODE): Geopolitics and Technology in the 21st Century will run at the Centre until December 2029. The project is led by Prof. Dr. Antonio Calcara. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon […]
CSDS – 2023 in Review
Introduction 2023 marks another productive year for the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS). We have continued to meet our objective of contributing to a better understanding of the key contemporary security and diplomatic challenges of the 21st century and their impact on Europe. During the year, CSDS expanded its research base with new […]
