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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?
Op woensdag 10 november 2021 sprak HCSS senior strategisch analist Paul van Hooft over Open Strategische Autonomie in het kader van de kennisagenda bij de vaste commissie voor Buitenlandse Zaken van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal.
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.
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.
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