HCSS Research Director Tim Sweijs visits India to strengthen strategic ties in the Indo-Pacific
Last week, HCSS Director of Research Dr. Tim Sweijs visited India at the invitation of the Indian Navy, underscoring the growing importance of closer ties between Europe, the Netherlands and one of the world’s key rising powers. Dr Sweijs delivered a series of lectures at the Naval War College (NWC) in Goa, the Indian Navy’s premier institution for higher military education and maritime research. His engagement with senior officers and future naval leadership took place at a time when India’s strategic weight is rapidly increasing amid intensifying great power competition.
De Balie Rewatch | The Red Sea: in the eye of a geopolitical storm
The Red Sea has become the centre of a geopolitical crisis. What does this mean for global trade, maritime security, for NATO and Europe? How to secure one of the world’s most crowded trade routes? On the 3th of February, NATO Chief of Staff Geoffrey van Leeuwen and HCSS analyst Benedetta Girardi spoke about proxy wars, maritime strategy and trade, together with other experts, at a roundtable discussion in Amsterdam’s De Balie, moderated by Yoeri Albrecht and co-organised by the Jason Institute. Rewatch the event now.
New report | Shields and Spears: Nuclear-Conventional Force Balancing and the European Deterrence Architecture
Europe’s reliance on American deterrence is no longer assured. This HCSS report outlines a European-led “shield and spear” posture that strengthens conventional deterrence, reduces escalation risks, and adapts to US retrenchment and Russian military modernisation. Authors Davis Ellison and Tim Sweijs set out concrete political, military, and industrial pathways for a more independent European deterrence architecture.
