Battery Minerals
To meet its Paris Agreement commitments, the EU aims to produce 10 million electric vehicles by 2030. Achieving this requires secure access to critical raw materials for batteries, including lithium, cobalt and graphite. Yet much of the supply chain is currently dominated by China, while battery mineral prices remain volatile. These dynamics create geo-economic and geopolitical risks, underlining the need for Europe to build a more resilient and secure supply chain for its growing battery industry. Within the HCSS Energy Security Initiative, chaired by Irina Patrahau, we examine these risks and opportunities in a series of publications.
Nieuw rapport: Strategische keuzes voor een toekomstbestendige stuwende economie in de Kennisregio Aan Zee en stedelijk Rotterdam
De Kennisregio aan Zee — bestaande uit Den Haag, Delft, Leiden en Zoetermeer, aangevuld met stedelijk Rotterdam — heeft een sterke basis in Life Sciences, hightech maakindustrie, AI, veiligheid en landbouw. HCSS onderzocht welke ecosystemen en kruisbestuivingen de regio het meeste toekomstig verdienvermogen bieden. De grootste kansen liggen in kennisintensieve, exportgerichte sectoren en zeven strategische ecosysteemcombinaties die maatschappelijke missies versterken. Het rapport biedt concrete aanbevelingen voor regionale en gemeentelijke strategieën richting 2050 en daarna.
New report | Assessing Europe’s Resilience and Preparedness in an Era of Strategic Risks
Europe’s resilience is still situational, not systemic, concludes a new joint HCSS and CSDS report. The report finds that Europe’s ability to withstand hybrid shocks remains uneven, with civil–military cooperation and military mobility emerging as critical vulnerabilities. The authors propose concrete EU–NATO and Dutch recommendations to strengthen energy, transport and digital resilience, and argue that true deterrence now depends on treating resilience as a core strategic capability.
