HCSS Study: Balancing on the brink: Vulnerability of states in the Middle East and North Africa
Since the Arab Spring, conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has rapidly intensified. The drivers of these conflicts are still present and could spark future violence. This study looks at the vulnerability of MENA states to future conflict, and how this may impact Europe. We look at the four types of vulnerability: • […]
Column Nieuwe Oogst: ‘Val Rutte III biedt landbouw kansen’
Ook al is het niet je smaak, het is mooi dat kunstenaar Daan Roosengaarde met een lichtgevend droomlandschap van 20.000 vierkante meter de schoonheid en het belang van de sector toont. Dat kan deze wel gebruiken. Het lijkt alsof Nederland slechts is geïnteresseerd in de uitstoot van stikstof en het terugdringen van het aantal dieren. […]
10 years HCSS: The founding of HCSS
More than ten years ago I concluded that research on international and national security should be more than just qualitative research. As the head of the defense concepts department at the Ministry of Defense in The Hague, I concluded already in the 1990s that the traditional approach needed improvement. Traditional think-tanks did a great job, […]