Entries by Stephanie Govaerts

Alisa Hoenig on cementing her interest in the Indo-Pacific, mentorship and next steps

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Hi! I’m Alisa and I’m from Germany. Originally, I moved to the Netherlands to do a Bachelor in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. In this programme, I specialised in international relations. I have an inherent interest in different countries, culture, and the relations between them, which is what led to me to this field of study in the first place. Previously, I also spent a year in New Zealand during high school and an exchange semester at Sciences Po in Paris. I graduated from my Bachelor in the summer of 2023 and started working at HCSS in August 2023.

Symposium Recap | Commemorating the 25th anniversary of NATO’s 1999 enlargement

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On April 11, HCSS together with the Embassies of Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, co-hosted an event commemorating NATO’s enlargement in 1999, celebrating the recent joining of Finland and Sweden, and set the stage for the upcoming NATO summits to be held in the United States and the Netherlands between 2024 and 2025.

Interview | Laura Jasper with the Institute of New Europe “Unraveling the Complexities of Disinformation: An Expert’s Insight”

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On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, HCSS strategic analyst Laura Jasper was interviewed by the Institute of New Europe on “Unraveling the Complexities of Disinformation.”

HCSS is hiring an NLP-Datalab Intern!

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The HCSS Datalab offers an exciting internship to aspiring data scientists with an interest in NLP. Our clients include major corporations, key government ministries, development banks, development aid agencies, and security providers, both domestic and global. The HCSS data internship therefore offers invaluable experience working on some of the most significant global issues of our time.

Column Rob de Wijk: Poetin heeft geen recht om oorlog te voeren, Zelensky wel

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‘Poetin heeft geen recht om oorlog te voeren, Zelensky wel’, schrijft Rob de Wijk in zijn column voor Trouw. De discussie over moraliteit en oorlog, die al eeuwen oud is, staat weer centraal, vooral gezien de recente gebeurtenissen in het Midden-Oosten en Oekraïne. Rob de Wijk legt uit wat het concept van een rechtvaardige oorlog is, ontwikkeld door de filosoof Augustinus, om het gebrek aan rechtvaardigheid in Poetins en Hamas’ agressie te benadrukken.

De Strateeg: ‘75 jaar NAVO: Wat valt er te vieren?’

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De NAVO bestaat deze week precies 75 jaar. Het bondgenootschap moest het Westen beschermen tegen de dreiging vanuit de Sovjet-Unie. Toen die uiteenviel heeft het Westen het vredesdividend optimaal benut, misschien iets te, want nu de Russische dreiging terug is zijn we daar eigenlijk niet goed op voorbereid. Valt er dus wel iets te vieren rond dit 75-jarig jubileum? Dat ga je horen in deze aflevering van De Strateeg van Bart Groothuis, VVD-Europarlementariër, en van Tim Sweijs, directeur onderzoek bij het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies.

New Snapshot | Fresh Wind or Business as Usual: What the Indonesian Elections Mean for Dutch-Indonesian Relations

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How will a new Indonesian president shape the country’s position in the Indo-Pacific and its ties with the Netherlands? Since the outgoing president Jokowi has exhausted his term limit, political change is guaranteed following the presidential elections on 14 February 2024. This snapshot by assistant analyst Alisa Hoenig and strategic analysts Benedetta Girardi and Paul van Hooft investigates how the outcome will affect Indonesia’s role as a potentially crucial player and key cooperation partner for Europe and the Netherlands in the Indo-Pacific.

Interview with Professor F. Gregory Gause III on The Israel-Hamas Conflict and the Crisis of the Greater Middle East: Impact on US foreign policy and transatlantic relations.

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On December 7, HCSS had the honour to host Prof. F. Gregory Gause III for a new Transatlantic Dialogue on The Israel-Hamas War and the Crisis of the Greater Middle East: Impact on US foreign policy and transatlantic relations. HCSS had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Gause as part of our Transatlantic Dialogue series, organised by HCSS senior strategic analyst Paul van Hooft together with the Embassy of the United States in the Netherlands, which looks at how the relationship between Europe and the United States can be adapted to the geopolitical realities on the 21st century. Watch the full interview here.

Looking back at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP28

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The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP28, was held from 30 November until 12 December 2023, at the Expo City, Dubai. The conference has been held annually since the first UN climate agreement in 1992, and is intended for governments to agree on policies to limit global temperature rises and adapt to impacts associated with climate change.  

HCSS was honoured to have hosted and co-hosted several events during the COP28. HCSS participation at the COP28 aims to highlight research methods, good practice, and findings that could support decision makers when discussing climate-related security challenges and determining the course of action for the next years.

COP28 | “Winning with Water – Tools that support conflict sensitive adaptation” panel

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On December 10, HCSS participated in a panel discussion on “Winning with Water – Tools that support Conflict Sensitive Adaptation” on December 10. It was co-organised by HCSS, Deltares and Wetlands International under the umbrella of the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership. The event highlighted best practices and lessons learnt from using innovative methods and tools to support timely, informed, and inclusive adaptation action in regions prone to water-related conflict by using examples from WPS engagement in Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Iraq.