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In January 2022, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and the Netherlands will organize a High-Level Summit on Water, Energy and Food security at the Dubai Expo. During the Summit, young people and governmental leaders will discuss practical solutions for water, energy and food challenges based on the Water Energy Food (WEF) game developed by HCSS.
Will the new Rutte IV collation have a more strategic view on Defense, EU or the energy transition? What does AUKUS mean for the future of transatlantic cooperation? Is Moscow on the brink of going to war with Ukraine? And HCSS is hiring! Find out more in a brand-new HCSS Digest:
What does the end of the Merkel era mean for Europe? How do we successfully apply climate adaptation? Should the Netherlands boycott the Winter Olympics? Could the escalating situation in Ukraine lead to a gascrisis in the EU? Find out in the new HCSS Digest.
This week, the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership turned 2-years old! It was launched at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva on 5 December 2019 to mitigate and address watercrisis. To celebrate this milestone, we introduced a restyle and new functionalities to our website.
Is the EU’s “Global Gateway” the answer to China’s BRI? Isn’t it time for a Dutch military space strategy? Should European states invest in conventional deterrence? And how do we secure the supply of critical raw materials? Find out, in your beloved HCSS Digest!
Where will the tensions around Taiwan lead? What are the results of the COP26 conference? Will the U.S. be able to supply all of the metals it needs to “Build Back Better”? All of this – and more – in your latest HCSS Digest!
Maintaining a stable, secure, and open Indo-Pacific is crucial to European prosperity and values. Europeans are therefore looking for a role in the region, but which one can and should they play? Multilateral cooperation is the preferred European approach, but with which regional partners? Europeans have increased their naval presence in the region, but is it sufficient? To answer these questions, HCSS is running the Guarding the Maritime Commons project in 2021 and 2022.
CDA Tweede Kamerlid Derk Boswijk (CDA) heeft naar aanleiding van het HCSS rapport “The High Value of the North Sea” bij het vaststellen van de defensiebegroting voor 2022 een motie ingediend over het ontwikkelen van een strategie voor bescherming van de cruciale infrastructuur in de Noordzee.
De Wit-Russische dictator Loekasjenko gebruikt migranten om te EU te destabiliseren. De roep om grenshekken neemt toe. Rob de Wijk analyseert de situatie in talkshow M: “Dit zijn de buitengrenzen van de Europese Unie, daar kan het.”
How can we protect our vital infrastructure in the North Sea? Will fences and pushbacks become EU policy? What is the People’s Liberation Army capable of today? And what will likely be its capabilities by 2035?
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