Entries by paula@hcss-site

Weg met het short-termism

Klimaatverandering is het grootste probleem van de toekomst. Maar iedere oplossing brengt weer nieuwe problemen met zich mee. Een rondgang langs experts. De Groene Amsterdammer sprak onder andere met Marjolein de Ridder. Het volledige artikel kan hier gedownload worden.    Photo credit: Zero2Cool_DE via Foter.com /CC BY-NC-ND

Preparing for peace: how the armed forces can help foster individual empowerment and societal resilience

An introductory video to the study can be found below. Analyses of the international security environment typically provide somber overviews of the various drivers and manifestations of conflict and instability around the world. Recent developments such as the terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut and elsewhere, a Middle East in flames, a resurgent Russia, incessant violence […]

Christmas: the victory of light over darkness

The end of the year is a time to get together with friends and family, to share food and drinks, and to celebrate the past, the present and the future. In recent years, however, many people have started looking ahead to the new year with anxiety. The many conflicts raging in the Ring of Instability […]

De Europese Unie heeft geen kerstcadeau voor Rusland

‘Er zal geen uitruil komen tussen Oekraïne en Syrië. Moskou moet niet rekenen op een nieuwjaarscadeau van de EU’, zo citeerde het Russische persbureau vrijdag de ambassadeur van de Europese Unie (EU) in Rusland, Vygaudas Usackas. De sancties tegen Rusland die de EU in de zomer van 2014 instelde, lopen tot 31 januari 2016. Bij […]

Vote for Global Think Tank Index

The nominations round of the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index has concluded and the think tanks with 10 or more nominations have been tabulated and Indexing Round will now commence. You can rank the nominated think tank using this link. This link was developed to give greater access to the ranking process. The […]

Russia, Turkey fight spreads to energy sector

The fallout from the Turkish downing of a Russian jet last month is growing ever more dangerous, with even the seemingly untouchable energy sector now apparently the latest casualty of increasingly chilly ties between Ankara and Moscow. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that construction work had been halted at the $20 billion Russian-led Akkuyu nuclear power […]

Square Pegs, Round Holes? Refugee crisis highlights differences of French and Dutch integration models

Europe is not yet comfortable with social diversity. The complexity it generates keeps on generating tensions, especially in the context of new migration flows. With the refugee crisis, the French are testing the limits of assimilation as a model of integration, while the Netherlands is grappling with a growing distance between Dutch identity and ‘Dutch […]

Video: Preparing for Peace: Individual Empowerment, Societal Resilience and the Armed Forces

Examining trends and initiatives in various domains such as economics, politics, education, technology, health and the environment, the latest HCSS report Si Vis Pacem Utique Para Pacem shows that in spite of existing perceptions that the world is falling victim to ever more violence and instability, developments that help to build empowerment and that improve resilience […]

De crisis in het Midden-Oosten: een wereldoorlog in vestzakformaat

In opdracht van Trouw werd twee jaar geleden onderzoek gedaan naar de emoties van de burger. Die bleek boos en zestig procent van de Nederlanders verlangde naar een sterke leider die zonder al teveel democratische controle orde op zaken kan stellen. De column van Rob de Wijk verschijnt wekelijks in Trouw en is na inloggen […]