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Over the years, Gazprom has perfected a strategy whereby it whets the appetite of Europe’s political and business elite with potentially lucrative pipeline deals, even though the prospects of realising these projects are often unclear. How? By tempting different countries with promises of turning each of them into a “gas hub”, which creates confusion and […]
Het was een klein berichtje, maar daarom niet minder belangrijk: het Waals Gewest, een van de vele parlementen dat België rijk is, wil het associatieverdrag tussen EU en Canada (Ceta) niet ratificeren. Canada? Is mij even iets ontgaan? Is dat land inmiddels even corrupt als Oekraïne en mag er daarom geen zaken mee worden gedaan? […]
The Netherlands is once again at the helm of the EU in the spring of 2016. This volume brings together contributions on topics related to the Dutch Presidency Agenda 2016 from a number of scholars who are affiliated with Leiden University. Each of the authors reflects on elements and developments in EU law and policy […]
Friday, 22 April 2016 the conference ‘Towards a reinforced raw materials initiative’ took place at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague. About 130 people attended the conference. Among others, Mattia Pellegrini (DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME’s, European Commission) and Hans de Boer (chairman of VNO NCW, Dutch Industry and Employers) addressed the […]
How to think about Trump and still sleep comfortably. Stephan wrote up some musings on the major foreign policy speech given by US presidential candidate Donald Trump on April 27.
On the 6th of April Dutch voters rejected the ratification of the European Union’s Association Agreement with Ukraine. With a turnout of 32.2 per cent and a majority of 61.1 per cent of the voters saying “no” the referendum met the formal requirements. The big is: what now for the Dutch? The immediate question of […]
On Tuesday, April 24, Stephan gave a presentation at the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Airpower Symposium on Gilze-Rijen Air Bas. The topic of his presentation was “The Future of Armed Force Towards a Defense and Security Ecosystem?”. His slides can be found here, and the write-up of the proceedings here. Further information see Livemagazines Photo David Jagersma […]
Alles wijst erop dat partijleider en president Xi Jinping blaakt van zelfvertrouwen. Sinds Mao Zedong heeft geen Chinese leider zoveel macht gehad. Hij bekleedt vrijwel alle belangrijke posities in hoogsteigen persoon. Chairman of Everything, noemde de Economist hem onlangs spottend. In China reden om het blad meteen te verbieden. Waar zijn voorgangers de economie overlieten […]
De EU mag zich nooit afhankelijk maken van Turkije, vindt Rob de Wijk. Maar omdat de vluchtelingencrisis een bedreiging is voor de hele unie, heeft Erdogan ons in de tang. Op de deal met Turkije om voor miljarden euro’s vluchtelingen uit Griekenland terug te nemen, en voor elke teruggenomen Syriër er een legaal naar een […]
The decade-long battle to get compensation for the illegal seizure of Yukos will continue well into the future after an unexpected — and legally questionable — court ruling in the Netherlands. However, whether or not the Russian state will be held liable is increasingly becoming a moot point. The whole Yukos ordeal, coupled with the […]
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