New Report | Reweaving Silk Roads: The Middle Corridor’s Role in EU Economic Security
Reweaving Silk Roads examines the Middle Corridor as a strategic lifeline for EU economic security. Stretching from China through the South Caucasus and across the Caspian Sea to Central Asia and Turkey, this route offers a vital alternative to traditional trade corridors amid geopolitical tensions. The study analyzes economic, political, infrastructure, and security dimensions, assessing risks from regional instability and China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and explores how the EU can strengthen resilience, diversify supply chains, and foster sustainable regional partnerships.
Studio Schumpeter | Ron Stoop over de energietransitie in Europa: gas terug of vol gas vooruit?
In deze aflevering van Studio Schumpeter News Update bespreekt Roy op het Veld het nieuws over de energietransitie met Ron Stoop, analist en econoom bij The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). Aan de orde komen de groeiende twijfels over het Europese klimaatbeleid: Stellantis schrijft 22 miljard euro af op projecten voor elektrische auto's, Italië wil het emissiehandelssysteem (ETS) tijdelijk opschorten en Frankrijk en Zweden blokkeren plannen de gezamenlijke financiering van de uitbreiding van het grensoverschrijdende stroomnet.
Column Rob de Wijk | With the attack on Iran, international law dies and autocrats are given free rein
For years now, the war in Ukraine has strongly resembled the stalemate halfway through the World War I. From 1914 to 1917, there was a hopeless trench war that was only broken when, in 1918, the Americans threw their weight into the fight. I do not see how the current stalemate can be broken. America could do it but does not want to. Because Trump has more sympathy for the aggressor Putin than for the victim Zelensky, writes Rob de Wijk in his column for Trouw.
