Column Globe Magazine | Amerikaanse tarieven raken Europese industrie hard
Sinds het aantreden van president Trump houdt de Europese industrie haar hart vast, schrijft HCSS analist Ron Stoop in Globe Magazine. Begin 2025 voerden de VS tarieven in voor vrijwel alle import. In het voorjaar kwamen daar extra heffingen bij voor sectoren als staal en auto’s. De tarieven op staal en aluminium stegen in juni van 25 naar 50 procent. Voor de meeste exportgoederen uit de EU is na onderhandelingen in augustus een basistarief van 15 procent afgesproken. Toch is de impact wezenlijk: in heel Europa worden de schokgolven van de Amerikaanse tarieven gevoeld.
HCSS Strengthens Singapore–Netherlands Cooperation on Critical Undersea Infrastructure Protection
Dr. Tim Sweijs and Benedetta Girardi recently visited Singapore for a seminar on critical undersea infrastructure protection, co-organised by HCSS with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Singapore and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). The event brought together practitioners and experts from both countries to examine how bilateral cooperation can strengthen protection, resilience and governance of undersea infrastructure. The discussions converged three key takeaways for future Singapore–Netherlands cooperation.
The Draghi Report Revisited | Defence
In the eighth and final edition of the HCSS Draghi Report Revisited series, strategic analyst Davis Ellison examines the EU’s struggle to turn sovereignty into capability, as he explores how far Europe has come on Defence — and how far it still has to go. Europe’s defence ambitions are rising — but progress remains fragmented, warns Ellison: “Defence remains largely outside EU competences, so ambition often exceeds what Brussels can actually deliver.”
