The Draghi Report Revisited | Clean Technologies

One year after Draghi’s call to secure Europe’s economic future, Europe’s clean tech race is far from over — and time is running short to close the gap between ambition and reality. For the latest edition of our Draghi Revisited series, analysts Irina Patrahau, Ron Stoop and Berend Kwak examine how far has the EU come in strengthening its clean tech competitiveness — and how far it still has to go.

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BNR | Noord-Koreaanse hackers zijn grote dreiging voor Europa, ‘we moeten dat serieus nemen’

Noord-Koreaanse hackers vormen een groeiende bedreiging voor EU-instituties en bedrijven in strategische sectoren, zegt strategisch analist Hans Horan, tegen BNR. Ook moet het Westen Noord-Korea anders benaderen. 'We moeten ophouden Noord-Korea te zien als het kleine broertje van Beijing, we moeten Noord-Korea serieus nemen.'

Strengthening ROK-NL ties: Key insights from HCSS field visits and initiatives in Seoul

On 18 September 2025, a delegation from the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) –comprising Benedetta Girardi, Irina Patrahau, Michel Rademaker and Karlijn Velthuis–joined the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) in co-organizing the ROK–NL Think Tank Dialogue on Industrial Open Strategic Autonomy in the Indo-Pacific, held at the Hotel President in Seoul. The event brought together policymakers, scholars, and researchers from both countries to discuss how the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea can jointly strengthen their technological and industrial resilience in an era of growing geopolitical complexity.