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

In April, HCSS together with the Embassies of Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, will co-host an event that commemorates NATO’s enlargement in 1999, celebrates the recent joining of Finland and Sweden, and sets the stage for the upcoming NATO summits to be held in the United States and the Netherlands between 2024 and 2025.

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The Future of Nuclear Arms Control and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War

Europe’s Responsibility within the Arms Control Regime after Ukraine, with or without the United States | In the latest publication by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, "The Future of Nuclear Arms Control and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War", HCSS senior strategic analyst Paul van Hooft proposes ways to strengthen the arms control regime: by Europeans playing a more prominent role.

The cost of conflict: Economic implications of a Taiwan military crisis for the Netherlands and the EU

East Asia has become the manufacturing and one of the consumption centres of the world economy throughout the last fifty years. Dangerously, the probability of a military crisis in East Asia, in particular a military conflict over Taiwan, has increased throughout the last decade. The committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands House of Representatives has asked HCSS to assess the geo-economic consequences of a military conflict on and around Taiwan.