HCSS in the media | Week 26
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.
Tim Sweijs | 3rd NATO Allied Command Transformation Foresight Conference 2026
On the 24th of June HCSS Director of Research Tim Sweijs was panellist at the Allied Foresight Conference 2026 in Berlin. The panel called “From Insight to Advantage: Deciphering Future Conflict to develop Strategy”, explored how emerging technologies and the weak signals that often precede them are reshaping the future security environment.
Expert Commentary | From Aid to Advantage: The G7’s Critical Minerals Shift Needs Delivery
2025 marked the sharpest decline in Official Development Assistance on record, yet the G7’s latest commitments suggest a different way forward. By linking development cooperation with critical raw materials security, the Summit recognised that resilient supply chains depend on stronger partnerships, local value creation, and shared economic gains. The direction is promising, but ambition alone will not deliver results, write Fiona De Cuyper and Irina Patrahau. Without binding commitments, meaningful partner-country participation, and sustained financing, the G7 risks falling short of its own strategic objectives.
