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According to a recent Reuters report, citing sources within OPEC, the Saudis have threatened to raise their production to 11 million barrels per day (bpd) and even 12 million bpd, bringing oil prices down, and to withdraw from the upcoming OPEC Vienna meeting. How wise a strategy is this? And who will it affect most? […]
There is a lot of talk about the deal that OPEC members struck in Algiers in September. As the details were left out of the agreement, the question is whether OPEC will manage to secure a comprehensive deal that will have effect. What could the global energy map look like if OPEC manages to secure […]
A bird’s-eye view of an ever-changing ICT landscape The advent of ICTs has spurred innovation, cultivated knowledge, encouraged free expression, and increased our economic prosperity. At the same time, the number of vulnerabilities exploitable by criminals, governments and hacktivists increase in similar fashion, leading to severe financial loss and a decrease of trust in ICT […]
Despite deepening strain between Moscow and the West, the European Commission has given approval to a Russian gas giant to carry more gas along a pipeline in Germany — drawing the ire of Ukraine and Poland. What is behind the Commission’s sudden change of heart? Politico Europe spoke about the matter with Sijbren de Jong. The […]
At a summit of the BRICS nations in India on 17 October, Russian president Vladimir Putin defiantly stated that Western powers could “screw themselves” over the threat of more sanctions against his country. Earlier the US and the UK had threatened to slap additional measures on Russia over its relentless bombardment of the Syrian city […]
President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month signed an intergovernmental agreement for the Turkish Stream pipeline in Istanbul. The agreement had been long in the making. The original plans for the pipeline, which is set to run from Russia and underneath the Black Sea to Turkey, date back to December 2014, when Putin […]
As U.S. officials explore whether Russia is trying to tamper with the presidential election, states are grappling with how to secure their systems and prevent cyberattacks between now and Election Day. Arizona and Illinois have already experienced attempted hacks of their voter databases and last week, U.S. officials said they are expanding their inquiry because […]
Binnenkort verschijnt de doorrekening van de verkiezingsprogramma’s van het Centraal Planbureau (CPB). Ik ben er voor, want die doorrekeningen bieden in ieder geval enig tegenwicht tegen feitenvrijheid. Tegelijkertijd vertegenwoordigen ze een manier van politiek bedrijven die gekenmerkt wordt door technocratisch fiksen. Problemen, vooral sociaaleconomische, worden opgelost met extra geld en regels. De oplossingen leiden vervolgens […]
On October 18, 2016, Stephan gave the keynote address at the 10th Annual NATO OR&A Conference at NATO Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk, VA. The discussed topic was: Navigating the Transition Towards Post-Industrial Defense: Exploring the Strategic Role of NATO’s OR&A Community.
With the hacking of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee, U.S. officials say Russia has unleashed a strengthened cyberwarfare weapon to sow uncertainty about the U.S. democratic process. The full article can be read here Photo credit: KOREA.NET – Official page of the Republic of Korea via Foter.com / CC BY-SA
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