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HCSS is looking for new interns for two different internship positions! We’re looking for general interns and a Water, Peace and Security (WPS) intern. Read to find out more on previous intern experiences and how to apply.
On 24 June, HCSS Strategic Analyst Laura Jasper and HCSS Senior Fellow Paul Verhagen will speak at the JASON Institute panel discussion “Beyond the State: How AI levels the battlefield for non-state actors”. The event will examine how artificial intelligence is shaping the capabilities of non-state actors, affecting conflict dynamics, and influencing the wider international security landscape. Make sure to register to secure your spot!
HCSS is pleased to once again partner with the Sarajevo Security Conference, taking place from 4-6 September, 2026 under the theme “Securing Europe in a Divided World”. Last year HCSS Deputy Director Michel Rademaker spoke at the Conference as the featured speaker and moderator on the panel: “AI in the Military Domain: Legal, Industry, and Practitioner Perspectives”. This year our Strategic Analysts Dr. Davis Ellison and Hans Horan will be speaking at a panel on Russian sub-threshold threats. More information to follow soon.
Now open for applications: the HCSS General Internship offers students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the forefront of security, defence, and geopolitical research. Interns work alongside researchers as full team members, contributing to projects through analysis, writing, data collection, and event support. Based in The Hague, the six-month paid internship provides valuable professional experience, networking opportunities, and insight into policy-relevant research in an international and fast-paced environment. Applications close on 5 July 2026.
Since the project’s inception in 2011, tensions surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have heightening the risk of conflict and instability in regions of vital strategic importance for the European Union. However, the EU’s ability to ease transboundary tensions in the Nile River Basin remains limited. This snapshot by assistant analyst Michelle Reitano explores how the EU can become a more effective player in the GERD dispute and proposes three strategic outlooks.
Climate change is reshaping global power, security, and economic stability. In Intersecting Futures, Thijs van Aken and Laura Birkman examine how climate impacts will interact with geopolitical, economic, and societal trends through 2100. The paper shows why adaptation capacity will determine future winners and losers – and why faster, coordinated action is essential. “Climate change will define not just environmental outcomes, but the balance of power in the 21st century,” Van Aken and Birkman warn. “Policymakers must treat adaptation as a strategic priority now, not a future concern.”
Critical Raw Materials (CRM) are used across the vital sectors of the global economy and society including clean energy, digital technology, healthcare, defence and space. The CRM Tracking Application (CARTA) provides information about the geographical spread of resources, reserves, extraction and processing capabilities for a wide range of raw materials. The dashboard displays the materials included in the 2023 EU Critical Raw Materials list as well as other non-energy and non-animal raw materials that are important for the above-mentioned sectors.
A new HCSS report warns that Europe’s military fuel readiness is increasingly vulnerable to supply disruptions and underinvestment in alternative fuels. The study argues that SAF, HVO and synthetic fuels can strengthen resilience, but only if governments treat fuel production as a strategic defence capability and accelerate coordinated civil-military investment.
Wat is de strategische waarde van een AI-Gigafabriek (AIGF) voor Nederland? In deze nieuwe HCSS-paper analyseren Ron Stoop, Clarice van der Paardt, Jesse Kommandeur en Sofia Romansky hoe grootschalige AI-infrastructuur kan bijdragen aan digitale autonomie, economische groei en maatschappelijke doelen. De studie laat zien dat succes niet vanzelfsprekend is: alleen met scherpe keuzes in governance, energie en toegang kan een AIGF daadwerkelijk waarde creëren.
HCSS’s new joint report with Clingendael maps and explores the challenging issues of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB). Authors Floor Stoelinga, Karen van Loon, Davis Ellison, Ron Stoop and Dick Zandee offer a menu for policymakers to use when considering pressing decisions on long-term investments and capabilities. The study also identifies necessary reforms—including ensuring transparency and preventing waste and fraud, grouping projects more efficiently, and managing demand signals.
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