Entries by paula@hcss-site

De aanslag op de Pakistaanse villa werd live gevolgd vanuit the Situation Room (NL)

Rob de Wijk speaks at Radio 2’s Tijd voor Twee about the circumstances in the Situation Room during the strike on the villa in Pakistan. Please note that the interview is in Dutch. For the full interview please visit: player.omroep.nl/ The interview takes place around 1:37:20. 

Missing The Essential: Benghazi Is Not Charlotte

This piece details where the Obama people have gone wrong over Libya. In using the entertaining metaphor of the confusions of a young James Bond, the piece points out that the interests of the international community are not necessarily the same as those of America. By ignoring this vital point, the administration has saddled the country with yet another war, […]

Stephan de Spiegeleire at Buitenhof (NL)

Our defence is in great danger of becoming a toothless tiger. The military is constantly deployed to maintain international rule of law: from Uruzgan to Libya. This does not stop the Liberal/Christian Democratic cabinet from cutting its budget severely. The budget cuts result in the dismissal of both troops and weapon systems, from a series […]

De EU raakt de burger volledig kwijt (NL)

Politici blijken soms jaloersmakende optimisten over Europa te zijn. Oud-minister van sociale zaken Aart Jan de Geus, nu plaatsvervangend secretaris-generaal van de Oeso, de club van rijke industrielanden, constateerde terecht dat de crisis de Europese integratie een zet heeft gegeven. Er is een noodfonds voor noodlijdende landen, er komt nauwer toezicht op nationale begrotingen en […]

Interview with Rob de Wijk

Two Russian Bear airplanes flew into the Dutch airspace (NL). Interview with Rob de Wijk Watch interview Photo credit: CSIS: Center for Strategic & International Studies via Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA