Why Belgium Needs a Special Operations Command. Security Policy Brief No. 70, April 2016

The setting up of a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) constitutes a key element of the ongoing Belgian defence reforms. This Policy Brief aims to put the present demand for special operations forces in its historical context and engage in the discussion on how to structure and employ this special instrument of policy. Building on the legacy of the paracommando regiment, the future Belgian SOCOM constitutes a critical capability within an adaptive force structure. This new entity must be able to deliver results in a variety of unconventional missions that require high readiness, intellectual flexibility and maximum discretion or surprise. At the same time, special operations forces do not constitute a substitute for having a comprehensive security policy. They function best when used as force multipliers alongside other instruments of power towards joint effect. As the proverbial tip of the spear, they must lead the way for Belgian defence regeneration in general.

Information Guide: Belgium

A guide to information sources on the Kingdom of Belgium, with hyperlinks to information within European Sources Online and on external websites (For other language versions of this record click on the original url)

Modern Belgian architecture; a short survey of architectural developments in Belgium in the last half century,

Text on p. [2]-[3] of cover.

List of monuments in Belgium and Luxembourg /

At head of title: American Defense--Harvard group, Committee on the Protection of Monuments.

The soldier's night guide for northern France, Belgium and the British Isles /

At head of title: Don't lose your way at night.

Belgium of the Belgians /

Includes index.

Art treasures of Belgium.

Vol. 2, with subtitle, Sculpture, published as Art, life and science in Belgium, 2nd ser., no.3.

Belgium of the East [Egypt]

Ed. i.e. written by Jerrold.

Note in regard to the works of improvement on the Rupel between Wintham and its junction with the Scheldt (Belgium). Report,

At head of title: Permanent international association of congresses of navigation.

German legislation for the occupied territories of Belgium; official texts,

Text in German, French, and Flemish.