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Material measures continue be informative on the battlefield, provided such measures are assessed within broader situational contexts, writes HCSS Geopolitics & Modeling Expert Collin Meisel in a new op-ed for the Modern War Institute (MWI).
Militaire ruimtevaart is geen sci-fi, maar een cruciale component van landsverdediging en oorlogsvoering, denk aan GPS en satellietcommunicatie. “Zonder ruimtevaart kun je gewoon geen militaire operatie uitvoeren,” zegt HCSS defensie expert Patrick Bolder bij BNR Nieuwsradio in podcast De Strateeg.
“Je kunt niet eeuwig doorgaan met alles maar weg te geven”, aldus Rob de Wijk in Op1. De bezuinigingen op Defensie van de afgelopen jaren laten dat niet toe: “Het is wel handig om zelf ook nog wat over te houden. Stel de oorlog escaleert, dan moet je wel voldoende achter de hand hebben om bijvoorbeeld een haven hier te kunnen verdedigen.”
Both the nuclear “balance of terror” and conventional balance of power have made a direct attack on NATO forces a highly unpalatable option, writes HCSS Geopolitics & Modeling Expert Collin Meisel in a new op-ed for War On The Rocks.
Lithium: dé grondstof van de energietransitie. Landen als Chili met een grote voorraad willen daar van profiteren. Maar waarom blijft Europa zo achter? HCSS strategisch adviseur Amrish Ritoe vertelt het bij VPRO’s Bureau Buitenland.
Verouderd en nutteloos: meerdere malen werd de tank dood verklaard, Nederland verkocht zelfs al haar tanks voor een prikkie. En dat was niet slim, zegt o.a. HCSS expert Frederik Mertens bij EenVandaag: “Ouderwets oorlogsvoering tussen naties was iets wat niet meer in beschaafde wereld gebeurde. Maar jammer genoeg hebben we buren die wat minder beschaafd blijken te zijn dan we hoopten.”
Has Russia’s “Silver Bullet” become just a very dangerous weapon? If true, the successful interception of 18 missiles by the Ukrainian air defences on Monday night is quite a feat in itself, writes strategic analyst Frederik Mertens in the first “HCSS Explains”.
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HCSS was honoured to welcome Dr. Celeste Wallander yesterday, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Playing catch up: Moscow has invested heavily in its submarine fleet, while NATO has largely ignored the underwater realm. Newsweek talked to HCSS strategic analysts Paul van Hooft and Frederik Mertens about the Alliance’s vulnerability to seabed warfare.
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