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Despite the tentative March 13 agreement between the European Commission and Gazprom on the liberalization of gas markets in Central and Eastern Europe, it is still premature to declare an end to the Russian energy giant’s dominance in the region. In its statement of promises, Gazprom pledges to remove destination clauses in its long-term contracts […]
As part of our annual Strategic Monitor initiative, HCSS has released a number of interactive Tableau Stories that each show a portion of the data HCSS has used to generate our findings for the 2016-2017 StratMon Report. When looking at the news it may be easy to assume that conflict in the world is on the rise, […]
Onrust domineert het wereldtoneel. Sinds de Krim Crisis zijn Rusland en het Westen in een politiek steekspel verwikkeld. Recent kwamen daar hoog oplopende spanningen bij tussen Turkije en Rusland en tussen Saoedi-Arabië en Iran. Deze conflicten kunnen niet los van elkaar worden gezien, maar maken deel uit van een trend: de terugkeer van interstatelijke crisis. […]
High-stakes crises between states are dotting the world map. The annexation of Crimea locked Russia and the West into a standoff, while recent months witnessed flaring tensions between Turkey and Russia as well as between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Rather than isolated incidents, these events mark a larger trend: the comeback of interstate crisis. For […]
Russian election interference is all the rage these days — just ask the United States, France, or Germany. Now the Netherlands is grappling with some new unwelcome meddlers: Americans. Several wealthy Americans bankrolled the campaign of Geert Wilders, the country’s far-right, anti-EU, and anti-immigrant candidate according to new campaign finance records the Dutch government released […]
When Dutch voters go to the polls Wednesday, far-right leader Geert Wilders is hoping they will deliver the West its third major populist jolt in less than a year — and the first since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency in November. But there are growing indications that Trump may be more hindrance than help […]
De inzet van desinformatie en nepnieuws van Russische zijde is aan de orde van de dag. Afgelopen jaar intervenieerde Rusland in de Amerikaanse presidentiële verkiezingscampagne om de kandidatuur van Hillary Clinton te verzwakken. Begin dit jaar verspreidden Russische trollen valse berichten over de seksuele geaardheid van de Franse presidentskandidaat Emmanuel Macron. Ook Nederland is niet […]
Fake news and internet trolls are becoming an increasingly large problem in election campagins around the world. After reports that Russia was trying to influence the US presidential election last year, experts have warned that Russian hackers and trolls are trying to influence the outcome of several key elections in European countries this year. Finnish […]
Digitalisering van de economie vindt overal ter wereld plaats. Nederland heeft een sterke economie. Steeds meer maken Nederlandse bedrijven en instellingen gebruik van digitalisering van hun bedrijfsprocessen. Dit kan ook omdat Nederland een vooraanstaand ICT land is dat zich promoot als ‘a safe way to do business’. Daarbij heeft Nederland de ambitie om de digitale […]
Digitalization has taken a predominant role in the Netherlands. The Netherlands considers itself one of the leading ICT countries, promotes itself as ‘a safe place to do business’ and aspires to be the digital gateway of Europe. This report will first estimate the current and prospective size of the Dutch digital economy and the ICT […]
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