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In recent years, the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or ‘drones’, has grown dramatically, resulting in millions of UAVs being deployed for a wide variety of purposes worldwide. The Netherlands is also witnessing a growing interest in the use of UAVs among governments and the private sector. For law enforcement and emergency services the […]
On July 16th, Tim Sweijs and Joris van Esch will present the results of the HCSS Strategic Monitor 2014 at a Summer-seminar at the Ministry of Defence in The Hague. Decades of rising prosperity and increasing interdependence between states have significantly diminished the chance of direct conflict. But new security challenges now threaten to undermine […]
HCSS is one of the participants to EvoCS, a project dealing with the evolving concept of security and a focus on the European Union and its close neighbors, which was kicked off on 11 July 2014. The project will provide a holistic view on the complex concept of security by evaluating it across four dimensions: […]
Als de discussie over Zwarte Piet was uitgebleven, was er een kans geweest dat het sinterklaasfeest nu samen met carbidschieten was voorgedragen voor de Unesco-lijst van immaterieel werelderfgoed. Het belangrijkste positieve effect van de discussie is dat het Nederland bewuster maakt van sluimerend en open racisme. Ook al valt het hier in vergelijking met andere landen mee. Ik ben […]
Who are the real kingmakers in global security affairs? Journalists and historians alike tend to focus on great powers. Great powers, after all, are involved in the lion share of interstate crises and conflicts around the globe. But a closer look reveals that great powers’ interests generally collide and clash over those countries ‘caught in […]
Traditioneel is het iets waar de krijgsmacht niet mee te koop loopt: homosekualiteit binnen de gelederen. In Nederland is het officieel geaccepteerd. Maar dat wil niet zeggen dat Nederlandse homo-militairen op uitzending in een land als Afghanistan er voor uit kunnen komen. Erkenning Voor het eerst is onderzocht hoe het officieel geregeld is met de […]
As sectarian violence spreads in Iraq, more ordinary people are beginning to feel that break-up is the only solution. However, an outright partition of Iraq’s three main Sunni provinces simply may not be feasible economically. What about the role played by Iraq’s lavish oil reserves? The Financial Times interviewed Sijbren de Jong on the matter. […]
Een paar jaar geleden schreef ik in ‘Doelwit Europa’ dat veel djihadistische terroristen amateurs zijn die een complotje in elkaar proberen te prutsen. Het ontbrak hen aan ervaring en ze konden daarom nauwelijks een aanslag plannen. Die constatering is achterhaald. Syriëgangers hebben een geweldige leerschool doorlopen. Terugkeerders die aanslagen willen plegen, zijn daarom beter voorbereid. […]
Het lijkt erop dat de immense fout door uit Irak te vertrekken niet nogmaals wordt gemaakt. Er komt een nieuwe missie in Afghanistan want stabilisatie is iets van de lange adem. Zie de Balkan. Daar is het Westen al ruim twintig jaar betrokken bij de afwikkeling van crises. In 2004 loste de Europese Unie de […]
Phosphates have long been crucial for food, environmental and social stability, and recently, sustainability concerns have brought phosphate to the fore as a major challenge for Europe. The EU relies heavily on imports of phosphates, as two thirds of the world’s phosphate production is in Morocco, China and the US. This dependence means that geopolitical […]
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