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Despite the observation that the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) appears to have been primarily motivated by a Russian desire to reassert dominance over the region, the question of whether genuine cooperation can take place between the European Union (EU) and the EEU is a relevant one. Russia’s economic downturn and the wider […]
Vanwege de veiligheidssituatie, dichtbij en elders in de wereld, trekt de regering in 2017 opnieuw extra geld uit voor de krijgsmacht, de politie, de rechtspraak en het Openbaar Ministerie. Sinds 2014 is het defensiebudget stapsgewijs verhoogd, oplopend tot structureel 870 miljoen euro extra in 2020. De Troonrede 2016
Volgens de Chinese pers houdt China deze week oefeningen in zijn ‘kustwateren’. Niets mee mis, lijkt het. Maar het wordt iets anders als die kustwateren de Zuid-Chinese Zee blijken te zijn. De oefeningen volgen op een uitspraak van het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage in Den Haag dat afgelopen juli in niet mis te verstane bewoordingen […]
While the shale revolution was largely a US’ affair, it affects the global energy system. In this new article for Energy Policy Willem Auping (TUDelft), Erik Pruyt (TUDelft), Sijbren de Jong (HCSS) and Jan Kwakkel (TUDelft) look at the effects of this spectacular increase in natural gas, and oil, extraction capacity can have on the […]
Much-vaunted project is a thinly veiled aggressive export policy that will make mutually beneficial partnerships impossible – and offer a test for its diplomats. Read the whole article by Jonathan Holslag here, published in the South China Morning Post. Professor Holslag works on a project base with HCSS. Photo credit: tomasdev via Foter.com / CC […]
In maart 1936 riep premier Colijn de Nederlanders op ‘even rustig te gaan slapen’, want met Hitler zou het zo’n vaart niet lopen. Ik moest hieraan denken toen ik Ephimenco’s repliek op mijn vorige column las. Daarin waarschuwde ik voor geweld en afkalving van de democratie als kiezers radicale populisten aan de macht brengen. Wat […]
HCSS has been monitoring Great Power Assertiveness (GPA) since 2014 using a variety of different datasets and -tools – see our Assessing Assertions of Assertiveness: The Chinese and Russian Cases (2014); From Assertiveness to Aggression. 2014 As a Watershed Year for Russian Foreign and Security Policy (2015). This study presents the GPA story of five great powers: China, ‘Europe’, India, Russia and […]
Not since the beginning of the Cold War has a U.S. politician been as fervently pro-Russian as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Just four years after his predecessor Mitt Romney declared Russia to be Washington’s greatest geopolitical threat, Trump has praised President Vladimir Putin as a real leader, “unlike what we have in this country.” […]
The theft and leak of embarrassing Democratic National Committee emails created a political firestorm at the party’s convention and prompted Democratic allegations of involvement by the Russian government. The Wall Street Journal spoke to Alexander Klimburg about the matter. The whole article can be read here, after signing in. Photo credit: perspec_photo88 via Foter.com / CC BY-SA
Hoe snel de situatie in Europa verandert bleek uit het bezoek van de Amerikaanse vicepresident Biden deze week aan Turkije. Enig reparatiewerk in de relatie met dat land was nodig omdat in Turkije steeds meer vraagtekens bij het Navo-lidmaatschap worden gezet. En niet alleen daar. In ons land zwengelde D66-leider Alexander Pechtolt de discussie aan. […]
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