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Plummeting oil prices since 2014 greatly affected many oil-dependent countries, few more so than Venezuela. The crashed economy plunged the country into a state of political chaos, which fueled recurrent massive protests marked by violent and deadly crackdowns by police and soldiers of Maduro’s regime, especially over the past year. Protests and coercion are both […]
Nieuwe sancties die de VS willen instellen tegen Rusland, kunnen een aantal grote Nederlandse bedrijven raken. Zo werken onder andere Boskalis, van Oord en Allseas aan de bouw van de grote omstreden gaspijpleiding Nord Stream 2, die gas vanuit Rusland naar Duitsland zal brengen. Onder de nieuwe sanctiewetgeving zouden daar Amerikaanse sancties op komen te […]
De Europese Commissie heeft de VS gewaarschuwd. Door de nieuwe Amerikaanse sancties tegen Rusland vanwege de vermeende inmenging bij de Amerikaanse verkiezingen, dreigen Europese bedrijven en de Europese energietoevoer namelijk ook geraakt te worden. Het gaat volgens Sijbren de Jong, deskundige bij het Haags Centrum voor Strategische Studies om Europese bedrijven die met de Russen […]
The Senate is sitting on a new sanctions upgrade against Russia. Tucked away in a bill against Iran, this Russian amendment will take sanctions on Russian finance and energy firms worldwide. It particularly calls out the Nord Stream II pipeline, built by a joint venture which includes Gazprom, Wintershall of Germany and OMV of Austria. How […]
The US House of Representatives has approved extended sanctions against Moscow. They affect energy, finance, transport, steel and mining companies. The punishment for Russia may also affect the European Union. What kind of a reaction can we expect from the Europeans? Slovak Pravda newspaper spoke about the matter with Sijbren de Jong. The full article […]
On Monday, July 17 in Washington, D.C., the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a panel on cyber space as a new field of conflict. HCSS’s Cyber Policy and Resilience Program Director Alex Klimburg joined this panel, together with Laura Galante, Jane Holl Lute, and moderator Tal Kopan. This […]
New US sanctions against Russia may soon become a reality. On Tuesday, July 25, the US House of Representatives supported a bill that greatly enhances US sanctions against the Kremlin. However, this step has come across criticism from the European Union. Ukrainian news portal Hromadske spoke about the matter with Sijbren de Jong. The full […]
The HCSS report Nowcasting Geodynamics, Great Powers and Pivoting is referenced in a Livemint.com article, the online portal of popular Indian business publication Mint. The report found, among other geodynamic trends, that China’s growing economic influence on pivot states (selected states considered to be of crucial strategic importance to the international system) has not translated into greater political influence.
On the eve of the third anniversary of the MH17 disaster, relatives staged a silent protest at the Russian Embassy in The Hague. In the park opposite the embassy, they installed a symbolic store of memory, on which a memorial plaque with the inscription “Waiting for responsibility and full clarity” is attached. Below is an […]
In an effort to facilitate global multi-stakeholder engagement to advance international peace and security in cyberspace, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) decided to launch the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) at the 2017 Munich Security Conference with the support of many partners. The Commission helps to develop norms and policies that advance […]
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