Jorge Vanstreels, at The Blogs

Apr 21, 2016, 1:10 AM

Two years ago I was one of the first in Belgium to warn that ISIS posed a direct threat from abroad. The battlefield fronts of Aleppo or Mosul would not stay there; in time, Jihad would reach the heart...

Mar 25, 2016, 9:31 AM

Was Brussels an Intelligence Failure?

Political Landscape, State Dysfunctionality Contributed to Possible Intelligence Failures Living in Belgium always felt somewhat surreal. There was the time the country did not have a functioning government during two years. You had the endless political insults traded between the French...

About Me

Jorge Vanstreels covers from Brussels the Middle East and European Union foreign policy for a variety of publications, including EuropeanPublicAffairs.eu. Travelling widely throughout the region, his current research focuses on the Jihadist threat in Europe and in the Arab world; another major focus is the ongoing Israel-Palestine issue, which he has followed for years with accurate, objective reporting featuring stories from both sides. Follow on Twitter @Jorgevs