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Wat moet ik van die gele hesjes denken, vroeg ik. “Och, het zijn maar een paar mensen, die hesjes doen het goed op tv. Verder niets.” Twee dagen na deze relativerende opmerking van een van president Macrons adviseurs sloeg de vlam in de pan. En niet alleen in Parijs. Ook in Brussel liep het uit […]
OPEC and non-OPEC countries met in Vienna on 6 December 2018, and discussed whether to cut oil production to prop up tumbling prices. This comes amid high output from Saudi Arabia, Russia and the U.S. and slowing demand for oil in several non-OECD countries. Ahead of this meeting, HCSS Strategic Energy Advisor Lucia van Geuns […]
This paper, part of the Strategic Monitor 2018-2019, conducts an empirical analysis of trends in interstate military competition. It gauges the perceptions and intentions, capabilities, and conflict activities of leading military powers in the international system for the period 2008-2018. The principal conclusion is that interstate military competition is intensifying, and can be expected to continue doing […]
On Thursday 29 November, Frank Bekkers participated in a panel at the Annual EDA conference in Brussels. The topic discussed was how today’s Armed Forces are adapting to tomorrow’s technologies, with a special focus on unmanned and autonomous systems. For more information on this topic, see chapter 3.4 from the HCSS report ‘Playing to your strengths.’ For […]
Australië, Bulgarije, Estland, Hongarije, Kroatië, Oostenrijk, Polen, de Verenigde Staten en Zwitserland willen het migratiepact van Marrakech niet tekenen. Deugt dat pact niet of deugen die landen niet? Opmerkelijk is dat juist westerse democratieën het verdrag afwijzen. Kennelijk hebben hier waarden als compassie, humaniteit en rechtsorde plaatsgemaakt voor angst voor vreemdelingen. Dit verklaart waarom het […]
From 26-28 November, the 9th Bosphorus Summit took place in Istanbul, presented by The Al-Attiyah Foundation. Dr. Jan Frederik Braun participated in the panel ‘The World of Gas,’ focusing on the rapidly changing gas scene. Jan commented on the Dutch energy industry and the role of gas in Europe: “The Netherlands is quickly shifting its role […]
Begin december lijkt de OPEC de productie al weer te willen beperken om de prijs per vat op 80 dollar te krijgen. In mei citeerde ik een boze president Trump die de OPEC, de organisatie van olieproducerende landen, verweet de productie bewust te laag te houden. Daardoor stegen de prijzen aan de pomp en dat […]
De gedachte dat 400 miljoen inwoners van de Europese Unie 350 miljoen Amerikanen nodig hebben om zich te verdedigen tegen ruim 140 miljoen Russen lijkt mij niet geruststellend. Zeker niet omdat president Trump met zijn kritiek op de Navo, met zijn handelsoorlog en zijn afkeer van het multilateralisme de trans-Atlantische verhoudingen op scherp zet. Bondskanselier […]
On Friday 9th November, strategic analyst Jan Frederik Braun spoke on the “Oil, Gas, Shale and Renewable: Toward a New Energy Order” panel at the MEDays Forum, organized by the Amadeus Institute. Alongside him on the panel are: Abbas Ali Al Naqi (OAPEC), Elham Mahmoud Ahmad (World Energy Council Regional Vice Chair for Africa, Osama […]
On 10 October 2018, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament held a SEDE Public Hearing on “Artificial Intelligence and Its Future Impact on Security”. Tim Sweijs was one of the speakers. “The security impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an issue of great concern that is fundamental […]
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