Entries by Patrick Willemsen

HCSS Digest | Week 45

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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?

Rapport over waarde van de Noordzee overhandigd aan Marine en Kustwacht

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Namens HCSS overhandigde Frank Bekkers deze week de eerste exemplaren van het nieuwe rapport “The High Value of The North Sea” aan Admiraal René Tas, commandant Zeestrijdkrachten van de Koninklijke Marine, en Jan van Zanten, Directeur Kustwacht Nederland.

New Report: The High Value of The North Sea

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As the size, diversity and importance of sea-based assets and activities increase, whether it’s windmills, undersea cables or offshore rigs , so do the entry points for criminal and terrorist actions, and for disturbances and attacks by state actors. As ‘sea’ becomes more like ‘land’, guaranteeing the security of structures and processes in the North Sea warrants more attention, and could potentially necessitate new approaches.

HCSS Digest | Week 44

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Is Taiwan still defendable? Why does climate change call for innovative military contributions and collaboration? Will the gas price go down now that Gazprom is supplying more gas to Europe? The answer to all you questions? The new HCSS Digest!

HCSS Digest | Week 43

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What can be done about disinformation? Is climate change our greatest global ánd national security threat? What do we do if China attacks Taiwan? Is the West lagging when it comes to hypersonic weapons? Find out more in the new HCSS Digest!

Virtual event: Advancing Norms to Counter Disinformation

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On October 25, HCSS hosted a virtual panel discussion on “Advancing Norms to Counter Disinformation: From Formulation to Implementation”, with a video address from Věra Jourová, VP of the European Commission for Values and Transparency. This virtual event convened European stakeholders from government, industry and civil society.

Paul van Hooft in NRC: De VS en het westen lopen achter op het gebied van hypersone wapens

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De VS en daarmee het westen lopen achter, onder ander op het gebied van hypersone wapens, zegt HCSS analist Paul van Hooft in NRC. “Conventionele wapens zijn gevaarlijker geworden: je hebt nu een categorie geavanceerde conventionele wapens die taken kunnen vervullen waarvoor je vroeger kernwapens nodig had.”