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Voor wat hoort wat. Dat is het beginsel waarop het vluchtelingenakkoord met Turkije is gebaseerd. Iedereen die de oversteek naar Griekenland wil maken wordt teruggestuurd in ruil voor 6 miljard euro, uitzicht op visumvrij reizen, versnelling van de toetredingsonderhandelingen tot de EU en een luchtbrug voor Syrische vluchtelingen tussen Turkije en de Europese landen. Diederik […]
The former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan was once seen as a dynamic economic hub. Like other nations almost totally dependent on oil revenues, it’s feeling the effects of the recent drop in prices. Next to wreaking economic havoc, the decline in the price of oil has dangerous knock-on security effects says Sijbren de Jong to […]
By Rob de Wijk – This article was written in response to the discussion paper, ‘Scotland and Brexit: Shockwaves will spread across EU’ by Kirsty Hughes, Associate Fellow at Friends of Europe. Following his ‘victory’ in Brussels, UK Prime Minister David Cameron explained outside 10 Downing Street that ‘our plan gives us the best of […]
High-stakes crises between states are dotting the world map. The annexation of Crimea locked Russia and the West into a standoff, while recent months witnessed flaring tensions between Turkey and Russia as well as between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Rather than isolated incidents, these events mark a larger trend: the comeback of interstate crisis. For […]
Previously, the EU used its soft power to influence international relations. However, after recent global power shifts, soft power alone is no longer enough. The EU lacks a single and coherent geopolitical vision, while few political leaders believe the EU can play a geopolitical role. Therefore, the main priority for the new EU Global Strategy […]
Bij Paul van Liempt op RTLZ spraken Rob de Wijk, Raymond Knops en Martin Broek over de noodzaak van het aanschaffen van nieuwe duikboten. Het fragment is hier terug te bekijken. Photo credit: Defence Images via Foter.com / CC BY-SA
Voor eurosceptici geldt Zwitserland als lichtend voorbeeld. Want dat land is soeverein en vrij van EU-terreur. Maar is dat zo? In maart 2001 stemde 77 procent van de bevolking tegen het lidmaatschap van de EU. Dit doet inderdaad vermoeden dat de Zwitsers niets met de EU te schaften hebben. Maar dat blijkt erg tegen te […]
Waarom zetten politici de veiligheid en welvaart van hun land op het spel? Het antwoord is simpel: om aan de macht te komen of aan de macht te blijven. Daarvoor is het handig om wat zondebokken in voorraad te hebben. Naast moslims scoort de EU hoog. Inmiddels begint het folklore te worden om met een […]
Last week the European Commission published its long awaited gas package. The usefulness of the proposed measures on security of supply and oversight on bilateral energy agreements notwithstanding, it was interesting to see the biggest elephant in the room being notably absent from any of the proposals. The one development that threatens to unravel the […]
The top four global oil producers agreed to freeze individual outputs at January levels, provided that other major producers implement it as well, Mohammed Saleh Al Sada, Qatari energy and industry minister said on February 16. However, although the agreement initially appeared as a good deal, it will unlikely act as a ‘magic cure’ to […]
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