The National Economic Security of Belgium

Economic Security is mentioned as one of the four pillars of the Belgian National Security Strategy (NSS). Ever since the inception of the NSS, the geoeconomic arena has been turbulent; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the consequential sanction regime against Russia, continuous supply chain interruptions, rising US-China tensions, the resurgence of economic nationalism, among other evolutions and events. With the European Commission having shared its Strategy for Economic Security, a thorough review on why and how Belgium can contribute to this debate and provide sustainable solutions that strike the right balance between prosperity and resilience imposes itself.