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The Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security: Building a transatlantic coalition for climate action

3 Jun 2021

The 11th meeting of The Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security was held online on 22 April 2021. Some 150 participants joined the 1.5-hour panel discussion on Building a transatlantic coalition for climate action on water and security challenges in countries of risk.

Energie en Geopolitiek

2 Jun 2021

Zelfs als alle beleidsvoornemens op het gebied van duurzaamheid worden uitgevoerd, zal het mondiale gasverbruik toch toenemen. Dat we daardoor tot minstens 2030 afhankelijk blijven van fossiele brandstoffen heeft geopolitieke gevolgen voor Nederland, schrijft Rob de Wijk in een nieuwe paper over Energie en Geopolitiek:

Internationale ontwikkelingen en de Nederlandse energietransitie

1 Jun 2021

Ook de succesvolle inzet van groene technologieën zal nieuwe afhankelijkheden met zich mee brengen, bijvoorbeeld van zeldzame aardmetalen uit China. Meer over de dilemma’s voor de Nederlandse energietransitie in de nieuwe HCSS paper door Jilles van den Beukel en Lucia van Geuns.

Notitie: Onafhankelijk toezicht

19 May 2021

Er moet een nieuwe wet komen die onafhankelijk toezicht op veiligheid in Nederland verplicht. Prof. mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven doet daarvoor in een nieuwe HCSS notitie een dringend beroep op de Tweede Kamer.

Notitie: Eén Nationale Politie – twee taken en twee gezagsdragers

12 May 2021

De komst van één nationale politie heeft het lokale gezag over de politie ondermijnt, en dreigt de kloof tussen burger en politie te vergroten, schrijven Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven en Dr. Lodewijk Gunther Moor in een nieuwe HCSS notitie.

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Batteries require battery minerals, should Europe ramp up its efforts to secure them?

13 Apr 2021

In order to meet the targets it has committed itself to under the Paris Climate Agreement, the EU aims to produce 10 million electric vehicles for the EU market by 2030. This push for vehicle electrification does not only serve Europe’s climate goals, but also the drive toward technological innovation and strategic autonomy by reducing […]

Strategic Monitor 2020-2021 : Geopolitical Genesis

Strategische Monitor 2020-2021: Geopolitieke Genesis

1 Apr 2021

Dit is hét moment voor de Europese Unie om zijn status als ontluikende wereldmacht te verstevigen, en Nederland moet hierbij een actieve rol vervullen. Dat is de belangrijkste conclusie van de Strategische Monitor 2020-2021, het jaarlijkse rapport dat trends en ontwikkelingen in de internationale orde volgt en een risicoanalyse presenteert over de nationale veiligheid van Nederland. […]

Strategic Alert - Space

Strategic Alert: Towards a Space Security Strategy

31 Mar 2021

The world is entering a new and highly consequential phase of the Space Age. This brings with it many threats and opportunities. The Netherlands boasts a productive and innovative space industry. Globally, launch costs have been reduced dramatically. Yet this democratization of space access also brings with it many challenges. Increased access means increased congestion, […]

COVID-19 Water Impact Iraq

The Impact of Covid-19 in Water-Stressed Iraq

24 Mar 2021

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq, in parallel with the country’s water issues, are exacerbating existing health, economic, socio-political, and security challenges. This brief outlines the ways in which COVID-19 interacts with and impacts these four pressing and interrelated challenges. The analysis focuses on the impacts on Iraq as a whole and the […]

Cybersecurity Certification Market Study

30 Apr 2020

This study proposes a set of initial methodological steps to work towards a market analysis on cybersecurity certification of ICT products, ICT services and ICT processes. The performance of a market analysis on cybersecurity certification aims to contribute to the EU cybersecurity certification framework and the planning activities of the European Commission, the ECCG and the SCCG by identifying future areas for cybersecurity certification. This study was published by The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity with contributions from HCSS in April 2020.

Taking Russian Assertiveness Seriously: Letting the data speak

14 Feb 2020

Great power assertiveness is back, with Russia once again playing a leading role. This snapshot paper introduces some new data sources—in the form of uniquely rich automated event datasets—that offer unprecedented promise to start tracking the empirical evidence behind this assertiveness in more detail.

HCSS Snapshot: Space and the Netherlands

29 Apr 2019

This snapshot aims to dissect the importance of space technologies today and to outline the proximate context of potential threats posed in space. We will make the case for the Netherlands playing an increased role in global space activities while outlining their capacity and means to do so .

Norm Package Singapore | Global Commission Introduces Six Critical Norms Towards Cyber Stability

16 Dec 2018

featuring six new global norms to help promote the peaceful use of cyberspace. The norms were developed with the express purpose of being adopted by public and private sector actors towards an architecture to improve international security and stability in cyberspace.

Wezenlijke belangen en de nationale defensie gerelateerde industriële en technologische basis

27 Jul 2018

De Defensie Industrie Strategie 2018 is vernieuwd om in te spelen op veranderende geopolitieke en technologische omstandigheden. De focus ligt op het versterken van nationale defensiecapaciteiten, strategische technologieën en internationale samenwerking binnen een breed veiligheidsecosysteem. Het begrip "wezenlijke belangen" staat centraal en dient als toetsingskader voor beleid en investeringen. Hiermee borgt Nederland innovatie en nationale veiligheid, terwijl het effectief inspeelt op nieuwe dreigingen en mondiale veranderingen. Lees meer over de herziening en prioriteiten van de DIS 2018 in dit HCSS rapport door Frank Bekkers en Rob de Wijk.

Global Commission Proposes Definition of the Public Core of the Internet

3 Jul 2018

In November 2017, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) issued its Call to Protect the Public Core of the Internet: NON-INTERFERENCE WITH THE PUBLIC CORE “Without prejudice to their rights and obligations, state and non-state actors should not conduct or knowingly allow activity that intentionally and substantially damages the general availability or integrity […]

GCSC Issue Brief 2: Briefing And Memos From The Research Advisory Group

26 Jun 2018

The briefing and memos included in this issue were developed by independent researchers working within the GCSC Research Advisory Group. The papers included here were submitted to the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) in order to support its deliberations in Bratislava in May 2018. As a result of the Commission Meeting in […]

Norm Proposal | Global Commission Urges Protecting Electoral Infrastructure

23 May 2018

Bratislava, May 24, 2018 – The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) decided to advocate a prohibition on the disruption of elections through cyber attacks on the technical infrastructure that supports elections. Specifically, the proposed norm reads as follows: “State and non-state actors should not pursue, support or allow cyber operations intended to […]

Protecting the Electoral Process and its Institutions

14 Feb 2018

This thought piece is prepared for the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) to (a) facilitate its understanding of critical cyber security issues related to protecting the democratic institutions necessary to conduct free and fair elections, and (b) identify key topics that may be suitable for further research commissioned by the GCSC. In […]

Towards a Holistic Approach for Internet Related Public Policy Making

28 Jan 2018

Can the Helsinki Process of the 1970s be a Source of Inspiration to Enhance Stability in Cyberspace? 20 years ago, Internet governance was a technical issue with some political implications. Today, Internet Governance is a key political issue with some technical components. This shift is challenging the institutional balance within the global Internet governance ecosystem […]

GCSC Issue Brief 1: Briefings and Memos from the Research Advisory Group

22 Dec 2017

The briefings and memos included in this issue were developed by independent researchers working within the GCSC Research Advisory Group. The papers included here were submitted to the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) in order to suppo

Norm Proposal | Call to Protect the Public Core of the Internet

21 Nov 2017

NEW DELHI, Nov. 21, 2017, The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) today released a call to action by all Internet stakeholders to safeguard the general availability and integrity of the Internet. GCSC Commissioners issued a “Call to Protect the Public Core of the Internet“. The declaration urges state and non-state actors to […]

Cyber as a Domain: Concept and Capabilities

28 Feb 2017

HCSS was asked to address the concept of cyber as a domain and analyze and develop the scoping of the concept by addressing the question whether the existing NATO cyber capabilities covered the whole spectrum of possible cyber capabilities that might by required for NATO Strategic Commands to fulfil its ambitions declaring cyber its fourth domain of operations. For that latter part, an analytical framework was applied. This study is aimed at exploring and developing the concept of Cyber as a Domain for the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) at the request of NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT).

Strategic Monitor 2020-2021 : Geopolitical Genesis

Strategic Monitor 2020-2021 : Geopolitical Genesis

3 Mar 2021

Now is the time for the European Union to consolidate its status as a nascent global power. The Netherlands must play an active role in this. In addition, despite the election of President Biden, transatlantic relations will not return to the pre-2016 status quo.

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Gas Supply Security in the Netherlands

2 Mar 2021

The decline in domestic gas production has resulted in the Netherlands, once a self-sufficient country, becoming increasingly dependent on imports of natural gas from Russia and of LNG from the US and Qatar, among others.

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