HCSS in the media | Week 15

HCSS is happy to share its knowledge and expertise. Our in-house strategic analysts and affiliated subject matter experts are regularly requested to provide commentary and insights on geopolitical and international security matters for national and international media and press.

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Column Rob de Wijk | We should now ask Trump to actually leave NATO

For the umpteenth time, President Trump threatened the Europeans last week. He advised them to “have the courage” to enter the Strait of Hormuz and “take the oil.” And: “you need to learn how to fight for yourselves, because the U.S. is no longer there to help you, just as you were not there for us.” In The Telegraph, he then threatened to withdraw from NATO. Legally, Trump cannot withdraw from NATO on his own, but as commander-in-chief he can suspend the defense of Europe, writes Rob de Wijk in his column for Trouw.

HCSS Datalab Internship Deadline extended! (Open until 30 April)

The Datalab of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies offers an exciting internship to aspiring data scientists. Our clients include major corporations, key government ministries, development aid agencies, and security providers, both domestic and global. The HCSS data internship therefore offers invaluable experience working on some of the most significant global issues of our time. Candidates should either have a strong quantitative background or demonstrated affinity for all things quantitative. They should also demonstrate transferable programming skills, as well as a keen interest in the topics covered by HCSS policy research.