Entries by paula@hcss-site

Wie profiteert er van de onrust in de G7? “China lacht in z’n vuistje”

De Amerikaanse president Trump heeft de club van machtigste industrielanden G7 ernstig verdeeld, door te weigeren de slotverklaring te tekenen. Maar wie profiteren daarvan? RTL Z sprak met onder andere Rob De Wijk.  Lees het artikel hier. Photo by UK Prime Minister on Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND

Trump verwoest het weefsel van de internationale betrekkingen

De grondwet van de Sovjet-Unie behoorde tot de meest democratische van de wereld. Probleempje: de communistische leiders zagen zich als de personifiëring van het volk, wisten wat dat volk dacht en wilde, en hoefden er daarom niet naar te luisteren. Veel westerse populisten hebben daar vandaag de dag ook een handje van. Die oude grondwet […]

7th Sino-European Cyber Dialogue (SECD) takes place in Geneva

The seventh meeting of the Sino-European Cyber Dialogue (SECD) was convened on 12 and 13 April in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was hosted by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Geneva Centre for Security […]

The EU Considers a New Approach to Confront Disinformation Online

The European Commission recently announced that it would step up its efforts to fight disinformation online. Despite the prior reluctance of several commissioners to name any specific foreign governments, the newly published policy document, called a Communication, singles out Russia for practicing information warfare and aims to establish what it calls “a European approach” to tackle […]

HCSS participates in event on geopolitics of renewables

On 18 June 2018 from 13:00 to 14:00, HCSS Strategic Analyst Jan Frederik Braun will participate in a discussion with Assistant Professor Daniel Scholten from the TU Delft on the geopolitics of renewable energy. This event will take place on the Room for Discussion Podium of the University of Amsterdam. Dr Braun and Dr Scholten […]

Venezuela is door wanbeleid geruïneerd. Zou u daar willen wonen?

Blije gezichten toen Joshua Holt na twee jaar illegale detentie voet op Amerikaanse bodem zette. Hij kwam niet terug van een gedroomde vakantie, zo vertelde hij president Trump, maar uit een nachtmerrie.  Nee, die nachtmerrie vond niet plaats in Noord-Korea, maar in Venezuela. In dit buurland van Nederland heerst chaos. Dat de recente herverkiezing van […]

HCSS Snapshot – Trade implications of the Iran nuclear deal and the US’ withdrawal

There is plenty of analysis on the security implications of the US’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Much less has been said about the trade implications of the US’ withdrawal. Since the main instrument used in the Iran nuclear deal was sanction relief, we can evaluate the effects of lifting the sanctions by analyzing […]

Global Security Pulse May 2018: Migration and Security

The Global Security Pulse tracks emerging security trends and risks worldwide. This month we focus on Security and Migration, identifying new tensions in Europe and challenges to the international order. The Global Security Pulse (GSP) makes use of an advanced horizon-scanning methodology that relies on the manual monitoring of hundreds of validated foresight resources, the structured […]

Planetary Security Conference 2019

The fourth annual Planetary Security Conference (PSC 2019) will take place on the 19th & 20th of  February, 2019, in The Hague. The conference is for policymakers, experts and practitioners from the diplomacy, defence and development sector. It has become the prime high-level meeting place to address how our planet can become more peaceful by tackling […]