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HCSS is one of the partners of EvoCS, a project that deals with the evolving concept of security in the European Union and its close neighbors. The project aims at developing a holistic perspective on the complex and diffuse concept of security by analyzing it on four dimensions: core values, perceptions of security, areas of […]
De drone-industrie in Nederland dreigt door de regelgeving achterstand op te lopen in vergelijking met de rest van Europa. In de grote landen om ons heen zijn de regels voor het vliegen met een drone veel soepeler. Willem Oosterveld sprak hierover met BNR Nieuwradio. Het interview luistert u hier terug. Het HCSS heeft voor The Hague […]
Oud-Navo topman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer vindt dat de Navo Poetin militair moet afschrikken. Gisteren werd bekend dat de Nederlandse onderzoekers niet langer kunnen werken op de rampplek van vlucht MH17, omdat het te gevaarlijk is. In het gebied vechten het Oekraïense leger en pro-Russische separatisten en aan de grens mobiliseren steeds meer Russische militairen. […]
The Ukraine crisis highlighted the problems associated with EU dependence on Russian gas, and greater EU energy independence is now a high priority for decision-makers. Atlantic-Community.org held an “Expert Q&A session,” in which they posed this question to Sijbren de Jong (HCSS), Keith Johnson (Foreign Policy Magazine) and Arunas Molis (NATO Energy Security Centre of […]
The latest round of European sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine can cause severe disruptions in the Russian economy in the long term. Essentially, President Putin is faced with two choices: Continue along the chosen path, bolster his popularity at home and risk greater international isolation; or bow down to the sanctions and […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has wrapped up his visit to the Netherlands, where he met his Dutch counterpart for talks on the MH17 investigation. Channel News Asia interviewed Sijbren de Jong on the priorities for the Dutch government in the ongoing investigation. The whole item can be viewed here.
Today at a meeting of the NATO LGBT Working Group in Stockholm, Karin Enström, Swedish Minister of Defense, spoke to delegates from around the world on the importance of inclusion in the military, stressing that “diversity is an absolutely basic premise for a modern armed force.” HCSS strategic analyst Joshua Polchar was also present. Minister […]
In een vorige column stelde ik dat energiepolitiek voor ons Europeanen steeds minder handelspolitiek wordt, maar steeds meer geopolitiek. Die constatering deed ik naar aanleiding van de aansluiting van de Krim bij Rusland. Mijn constatering is door het neerhalen van de MH17 helaas alleen maar actueler geworden. Dat de energiepolitiek ten opzichte van Rusland niet […]
Providing analysis of what is happening in other countries remains an important task for our Ministries of Foreign Affairs. Much of this analysis currently continues to be done in the way in which it has been done for a very long time. Yet it is clear that the sources that can be used for this […]
Een paar jaar geleden discussieerde ik met Aleksej Miller, de grote baas van Gazprom, over de voorzieningszekerheid van gas voor Europa. We hadden toen net de crisis rond Oekraïne achter de rug. Dat land had in 2009 een betalingsachterstand opgelopen waarna Rusland de gaskraan dichtdraaide en ook delen van Midden- en Oost-Europa zonder gas kwamen […]
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