Le rôle du Benelux dans la stratégie européenne de sécurité (1950-1960)

On 8-9 April 2019, the University of Luxembourg hosted the conference 'The Benelux, Regional Groupings and the Dynamics of European Integration: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives' which explored the ways in which regional (sub-) groupings have played a significant, but comparatively neglected role in the processes of European integration.

In this blogpost Dr Spero Paravantis, researcher at the C²DH, shares his personal experience as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley where he spent the last six months working at the Institute of European Studies (IES).

What was/is European security in the context of the Cold War? How was and is it conceived? What role did “non-powers” play in European security, and how did they help define it? These were the main questions discussed during the conference held by the C²DH in March 2017.