Belgium's weight comes from hosting institutions rather than acting through them. An espionage arrest inside NATO's military headquarters and biometric queues

Authority

Governance is steady and the espionage case sits with the alliance, not the state.

Reach

Belgian influence stays institutional, running through Brussels rather than Belgian policy.

Power Profile

Grip at Home: 58 out of 100
Weight: 56 out of 100
Regard: 50 out of 100
Outward Power: 45 out of 100
Growth: 56 out of 100

Dependency Quadrant

Mixed posture: 0 dependents, 1 exposures.

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Strategic Profile

Authority

Authority footing

Strong Institutions

Reach

Economic scale

$671B

Global Scale

Vulnerability

Defense spending / person

$1K

High Priority

Mobilization mode

Liberal democracy

Fiscal capacity

High Capacity

Government effectiveness

Effective Governance

Logistics capacity

Advanced Logistics

Trade openness

Open Trade

159%

Population base

Large Population

12M

Capital openness

Closed Capital

-6%

Energy position

Import Reliant

89%

Defense burden

Moderate Burden

Remittance exposure

Moderate Exposure

Defense spending trend

Rearming

79%

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