Entries by paula@hcss-site

Saudi Aramco boosts investment to raise market share

On 27 January, Saudi Aramco’s Chief Executive Officer Khalid al-Falih announced that the company plans to invest $30-$50 billion a year to maintain its crude oil production level and to become the world’s largest refiner. This announcement comes at a time when many global oil giants such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, British Petroleum, and Royal Dutch […]

Russia challenged

On January 23, HCSS organized the second ‘design session’ of its ‘Challenging Russia’ project. The well-attended session, which was co-organized with the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (known as VNO-NCW) brought together the different stakeholders in the Dutch-Russian relationship to identify promising new options to deal with a new Russia. Results from this project […]

Blog: Two Years Later, The EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy Stumbles Forward

It is close to two years to the day that the European Union published its first-ever Cybersecurity Strategy. The document included such high-flying mouthfuls such as “achieving cyber resilience,” “drastically reducing cyber crime,” and developing coherent cyberdefense and international cybersecurity policies. What has happened since? Read the whole blog, written by Alexander Klimburg, here.  

Protecting Cyberspace: Legal, Political and Practical Dimensions

HCSS will be organizing a preparatory workshop on Protecting Cyberspace- Legal, Political and Practical Dimensions. This workshop is designed as preparation for the Global Conference on Cyber Space in April of 2015 (GCSS2015) which will take place in The Hague. The preparatory workshop is intended to facilitate an academic discussion on possible inputs on the […]

Grote verliezer van slag om Kobani is niet IS maar Turkije

Eind vorig jaar stuurde IS-leider al-Baghdadi zijn ‘minister van oorlog’ naar Kobani. Ook moest de Britse gijzelaar John Cantlie vanuit Kobani een videoverslag over het succes van IS maken. Het gaf aan hoe groot de propagandawaarde van de stad voor IS was. De strijd was immers door de media vanuit het veilige Turkije te volgen. […]

Raw Materials 2015: Economic Security and Raw Materials in Europe

The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers, VNO-NCW, will organize in cooperation with The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and Raw Materials Supply Platform a conference on economic security and supply of raw materials on Friday 30 January 2015. Registration is by invitation only.  

[NL] HP Opent Grootschalige Recycling Werkplaats en Inzamel Netwerk in Kenia

 Recent is een door HP gesteunde recycling werkplaats en inzamelnetwerk geopend in Kenia. Dit nieuwe model zal duizenden groene banen creëren en beschermt tegelijkertijd de gezondheid van de mensen en het milieu. De inzamelpunten hebben reeds een positieve impact gehad op twee wijken in Nairobi. Charles Kuria, managing director van HP Kenia, zag de onmiddellijke […]