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Als gevolg van de recente intensivering van de grenscontroles groeien de files aan de Europese binnengrenzen. Rond Duitsland en Oostenrijk wordt uitvoerig gecontroleerd op vluchtelingen, terwijl men in Frankrijk maatregelen heeft getroffen in reactie op toegenomen terroristische dreiging na de reeks aanslagen in onder meer Parijs, Magnanville en Nice. Grenscontroles als instrument in ‘de strijd […]
Morgen bezoekt brengt de Turkse President Erdogan een bezoek aan Rusland. Erdogan krijgt kritiek vanuit Europa door zijn harde optreden na de coup poging. De Turkse leider is dan ook naarstig op zoek naar buitenlandse vrienden. Poetin kan daarvan profiteren, onder andere op energiegebied. Trouw sprak er over met Sijbren de Jong. Het volledige artikel […]
De olieprijs zette medio 2014 een scherpe daling in, onder meer als gevolg van de Amerikaanse schalie revolutie. Als antwoord hierop zette OPEC de sluizen vol open in een poging om de Amerikaanse schalieproducenten, welke hogere productiekosten hebben, op de knieën te krijgen. Dat leek enige tijd te lukken. Door de lage prijzen zijn veel […]
For years, Russia has sought to keep Europe dependent on its exports of energy, especially through natural gas pipelines. But Moscow is also desperate to cut out potentially meddlesome middlemen, like Ukraine, which sits smack between Russia’s natural gas fields and millions of European consumers. That gives Kiev the ability to interrupt Russian gas flows […]
Declarations by Russia and Turkey last week reviving plans for the TurkStream natural gas pipeline linking the two have worried EU diplomats who see it strengthening Moscow’s hand. EU officials fear that TurkStream will be expanded to bypass Ukraine as a transit route for supplies to Europe, increasing dependence on Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom […]
Russia and Turkey have resumed talks on a the Turkish Stream pipeline, despite the current political upheaval in Turkey. Further civil unrest in Turkey poses significant risk to hydrocarbon transit through Turkish territory. Shelved approximately seven months ago after a Turkish jet shot down a Russian fighter plane, the pipeline has more things to worry […]
Turkmenistan is scheduled to hold a trilateral summit (Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan) on the Trans-Caspian pipeline project by late 2016 where the prospects of the project will be discussed. The project, whose origins date back to the early 1990s, is marred by uncertainty about its implementation among others due to heavy objections from Russia and […]
In 2016 gaat het vervolg van het Assessing Cyber Security project van start. Het Assessing Cyber Security project toont de belangrijkste trends en ontwikkelingen in cyber space sinds de vorige editie. Het analyseert meer dan 70 studies, scheidt het kaf van het koren, laat zien wat we echt weten over digitale dreigingen en wat we […]
A transition towards a ‘circular economy’ – in which redundant consumer goods are viewed as input rather than waste – offers great potential for societies to reduce their environmental footprint. Once products reach the end of their lifespan new value can be generated by re-using valuable resources. In today’s globalized world, widely used (consumer) goods […]
A new HCSS report Better Together is about cooperation, the way it is changing, and what this means for our national defense organizations (NDOs). Cooperation is the foundation of any human society. The scale and extent of cooperation is what distinguishes humans from other species. Watch an introductory video to the study below. In recent years […]
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