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Het Trumpisme had al veel kenmerken van het Italiaanse fascisme, maar het verschil tussen Trump 1 en 2 is dat er een steeds duidelijker ideologie onder ligt, schrijft Rob de Wijk in zijn column voor Trouw. Die ideologische coherentie maakt Trump 2 in potentie revolutionair en gevaarlijker, ook omdat radicaal-rechtse krachten in Europa zich eraan zullen laven.
This week, HCSS strategic analyst Irina Patrahau attended the 7th edition of the Paris Peace Forum. “With today’s rush for critical minerals, there is a risk of fast-tracking mining projects in developing and emerging economies without accounting for benefit sharing and mitigating negative consequences,” Irina noted, looking back on the interesting discussions. HCSS is proud to be an academic partner of the Paris Peace Forum.
On November 19, a stellar panel of distinguished experts will discuss and debate the contemporary implications of coercive statecraft in the specific context of the Ukraine-Russia war, at ‘The Dynamics of Contemporary Coercive Statecraft’ Roundtable, taking place at Leiden University’s The Hague Campus. Featuring Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Erica Borghard Lonergan, Tim Sweijs, Babak Rezaee Daryakenari and Nicolas Blarel , this event is open to all, but registration is highly recommended.
On 24 and 25 June the Netherlands will be hosting the NATO Summit 2025 at the World Forum The Hague. Today the Netherlands presented the official Summit logo in the World Forum. At the same time as the summit, the NATO Public Forum will be held in The Hague as well, co-organised by HCSS, the Clingendael Institute and the Netherlands Atlantic Association.
This new HCSS report by strategic analyst Davis Ellison concludes that the days of relying on the U.S. as the primary guarantor of European security may be coming to an end. The transatlantic partnership will not disappear overnight, but significant changes are underway. Europe must prepare for a future where it will play a much larger role in its own defence and security affairs.
De Verenigde Staten zijn nog nooit zo gepolariseerd geweest als nu. Is een burgeroorlog door het sterk verdeelde karakter van het land onvermijdelijk? Hoe moeten de media hiermee omgaan? En wat kunnen we in Europa leren van de Amerikaanse polarisatie? Paul van Liempt bespreekt het in deze extra aflevering van De Strateeg met HCSS analist Paul Verhagen en met politicoloog Mariken van der Velden.
HCSS is proud to announce that Freek Vossenaar has joined us as Strategic Advisor Food and Agriculture! A senior official of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, in 2014 he was appointed as special envoy of the Ministry of Agriculture to develop new business opportunities for the private sector. His wide experience with complex trade issues, market access negotiations and food security, will be a valuable contribution to HCSS research on the critical challenges to food security and affordability the world is facing.
De situatie in Oekraïne wordt met de dag nijpender en zal vermoedelijk verder verslechteren nu Trump is herkozen, schrijft Rob de Wijk in zijn column voor Trouw. Inmiddels vechten Russische troepen in Koersk zij aan zij met Noord-Koreanen, waardoor het conflict op zorgwekkende wijze een internationale dimensie krijgt. In de meeste hoofdsteden valt ook te horen dat Zelensky onmogelijk in staat is alle verloren gebieden te heroveren. Er zal op enig moment onderhandeld moeten worden, maar zoals het nu gaat, staat Poetin er dan beter voor.
HCSS strategic analyst Irina Patrahau will be speaking at a panel on “Secure supply chains for defense and space”, co-organized by Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), during the Raw Materials Week in Brussels, on December 10, from 16:00-17:30. Distinguished speakers from raw materials and strategic sectors like batteries, digital technologies, defence and space will address critical topics during the event.
Geloven we nog in democratie? “Er is steeds meer maatschappelijk ongenoegen in Westerse democratieën. Burgers ervaren dat de democratie niet meer voor hen ‘levert’,” zegt HCSS analist Gerben Bakker. “Rijke lobbygroepen hebben buitensporig veel invloed op de besluitvorming, en het is inherent aan de liberale democratie dat nijpende beslissingen over bijvoorbeeld asielmigratie botsen op de principes van de democratische rechtstaat. Daardoor is democratisch bestuur vaak weinig slagvaardig, en dat zorgt voor frustratie bij burgers.”
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