Based on their snapshot “A Classical Dilemma”, Strategic Analysts Esther Chavannes and Patrick Bolder were invited for a briefing and an in-depth discussion with the thinktank ‘Defensiebeleid en Krijgsmacht’ of the Netherlands Officers Association (Nederlandse Officieren Vereniging, NOV) on June 30, 2020. The NOV also published the snapshot as an Op-Ed in their periodical Carré, edition 4 of 2020.
The snapshot challenges policy makers for new avenues of thought about defense planning, by taking a look at modernization versus repair against the level of international relevance. The snapshot was composed with the update process of the Netherlands Defence White Paper of 2018 in mind.