Entries by paula@hcss-site

Rob de Wijk in de Volkskrant: Als Trump herkozen wordt, wordt de EU een geopolitieke speler van jewelste

Voor de internationale orde zal het verschil tussen president Trump of Biden niet eens zo groot zijn, zegt Rob de Wijk in een interview in De  Volkskrant. De veiligheidsexpert verwacht een verdere Europese integratie – al die zal met Trump nog sneller gaan. ‘Persoonlijk maakt het me niet zoveel uit of Trump wint of Biden’, […]

“All-In or All-Out: Why Insularity Pushes and Pulls American Grand Strategy”, Paul van Hooft publishes article on US grand strategy and Sino-American competition

The history of US engagement in Cold War Europe illustrates how US commitments swung between the extremes of the pendulum as a result of entanglement abroad and overselling at home. In “All-In or All-Out: Why Insularity Pushes and Pulls American Grand Strategy”, senior strategic analyst Paul van Hooft shows how this dynamic applies to Sino-American […]

Webinar: Dr. Frank Hoffman on “The Future of War”

What will the war of the future look like? Technological trends in robotics, AI and cyber warfare, shifts in power structures and increasing strategic competition: based on his operational and strategic experiences in the past three decades, Dr. Frank G. Hoffman, US Marine Corp Lieutenant-colonel (Ret.) and strategic analyst, will show an original synthesis of […]

HCSS Digest | Week 44

So what’s cooking in the field of geopolitics, global challenges and international security issues worldwide? Well, in case you hadn’t heard: apparently next week there are some important elections taking place on the other side of the Atlantic. Read all about it (and more!) in this new HCSS Digest. We’re all anxious to find out who […]

Netherlands frames defence strategy to 2035

The Netherlands MoD on 15 October released its Defence Vision 2035, as a transformational effort to create smart, high-tech and reliable armed forces. Defence Vision lays out ten ‘design principles’ to be adhered to, in order to modernise the Dutch military and improve its equipment inventory. Tim Sweijs, Director of Research at The Hague Centre […]