Entries by paula@hcss-site

Toward more inclusive societies

International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE) is the premier network of scholars working in the area of European migration and integration. It was founded in 2004 with funding from the European Commission. In 2014, IMISCOE was taken over by Erasmus University Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and is currently composed of 35 research institutes dedicated to the fields […]

Akkoord over staakt het vuren in Oosten Oekraïne

Na een ware marathonsessie hebben de regeringsleiders van Rusland, Oekraïne, Duitsland en Frankrijk een akkoord bereikt over een staakt het vuren in het Oosten van Oekraïne. De grote vraag is nu of het bestand, dat vanaf Zaterdag van kracht moet zijn, stand zal houden. RTL Z sprak hierover met Sijbren de Jong. Het gehele item […]

Running out of Gas – Natural Gas Diversification Efforts in the EU Neighborhood. Article published in Oil Gas and Energy Law journal (OGEL)

The Ukraine crisis in particular served, once again, as a stark reminder of the EU’s dangerous dependence on Russian natural gas imports. Not only does this dependence leave Europe vulnerable to interruptions in the supply of Russian gas, as witnessed in 2006 and 2009, it also allows the Kremlin to exploit the high dependency of […]

Topoverleg in Minsk over crisis Oekraine

De Duitse bondskanselier Angela Merkel praat vandaag in Minsk met president Vladimir Poetin van Rusland over het conflict in Oost-Oekraïne. De gesprekken beginnen rond 16:00 uur vanmiddag. Ook de presidenten Hollande van Frankrijk en Porosjenko van Oekraïne zullen aanschuiven. Ludy de Vos, strategisch analist bij het Centrum voor Strategische Studies in Den Haag, verwacht dat […]

Turmoil and hybrid warfare: the Netherlands and CSDP

International relations are in turmoil. The international system is changing in some profound and often contradictory ways and in a number of different and often diverging directions. There is an ongoing global power shift from ‘west’ to ‘east’. A less clear, but as far-reaching trend is that power becomes more widely distributed, more accessible, and […]

Conference on Economic Security and Supply of Raw Materials in Europe: main conclusions and presentations

The conference on Economic Security and Supply of Raw Materials in Europe took place at VNO-NCW on Friday 30 January 2015. The conference was organized by VNO-NCW in cooperation with The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and Raw Materials Supply Platform. Click here to read the main conclusions and to view presentations.

Main Conclusions and Presentations of Conference on Economic Security and Supply of Raw Materials in Europe

Please find the main conclusions of the conference here. Overview of the Programme If you click on the name of the speaker, you will be redirected to the sheets of the presentation. 09.30 Hans de Boer: Welcome by the President of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) 09.40 Michel Rademaker: Deputy Director, The […]