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Over the years, HCSS has built up an extensive archive of reports, monitors, papers and other publications. We disseminate the results of our research as broadly as possible to benefit the public good. Use the advanced search functions below to browse through our research library, most of which is available as free PDF downloads.

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Issue Brief No. 8 Violent Non-state Actors: Emerging threat to economic infrastructure

15 Apr 2011

A decade ago, terrorists let the world know that economy matters to them. The choice of the World Trade Center (WTC) as a target of the 9/11 attacks was no co-incidence but a carefully crafted decision by the highest ranking echelons of Al Qaeda (AQ)...

Issue Brief No. 7 Urban Black Holes: The changing face of state failure

7 Apr 2011

This Issue Brief shows how urbanization can set in motion a social dynamic that will severely undermine state control over urban areas. It also highlights some examples to show that this development is already underway.

Issue Brief No. 6 Environment Migration: Security Implication of Climate Change

6 Apr 2011

This Issue Brief looks at the impact of climate change on migration and the implications of environmental migration for migrant receiving and sending societies.

Issue Brief No. 5 Liberal Democracy: Up to the challenge of the 21st century?

5 Apr 2011

With climate change, economic downturn, the rise of new economic giants like China and India, and the transfer of global power to the East, the West faces a set of interrelated challenges...

Issue Brief No. 4 The Resource Scarcity Nexus: Challenges for the 21st Century

4 Apr 2011

The consequences of natural resource scarcity are crystallizing into some of the most complex and urgent issues facing our world in the 21st century.

Issue Brief No. 3 The Global Financial Crisis and the End of the Free Market

3 Apr 2011

The global financial crisis has thrown the global economy into chaos and shattered confidence in the free-market ideology, its ruins visible everywhere...

Issue Brief No.2 The Beijing Consensus: An alternative approach to development

2 Apr 2011

The prospect of rapid economic growth without political liberalization is increasingly gaining popularity among developing countries that oppose the “one-size fits all” approach of the Washington Consensus. This Issue Brief reviews the different components of the Beijing Consensus and the implications for the international political and economic system.

Issue Brief No.1 Dealing with Cyber Security: accept vulnerability

1 Apr 2011

The proliferation of ICT, especially in western societies, has increased dependence on digital systems. Information retrieval, online banking and digital process control systems have been optimised through the use of ICT. The downside to these improvements is that they have made societies vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Contours of Conflict in the 21st Century

31 Mar 2011

Conflict remains a central element of la condition humaine. In some regions, traditional forms of conflict have virtually disappeared while in other it remains a fact of everyday life. Yet, there is a growing feeling in many parts of the world that the future nature of conflict may be changing.

Contours of Conflict in the 21st Century – A Cross-Language Analysis of Arabic, Chinese, English and Russian Perspectives on the Future Nature of Conflict (2011)

31 Mar 2011

Hoe ziet het conflict van de toekomst eruit? Zullen conflicten vooral op economisch of op militair gebied worden gevoerd? Zullen soldaten uitgezonden worden naar onherbergzame gebieden ver van huis, of ’s ochtends hun kinderen naar school brengen en dan doorrijden naar een basis van waaruit ze via moderne technologie drone vliegtuigen besturen en oorlogen voeren duizenden kilometers verderop?

Nederlands concurrentievermogen en mondiale krachten

18 Feb 2011

Het regeerakkoord tussen VVD en CDA stelt dat in een open wereldeconomieversterking van het concurrentievermogen van de Nederlandse economieessentieel is. De ontwikkeling en groei van de economie vormen de basisvan onze werkgelegenheid, welvaart en voorzieningen.

The Future of Cybersecurity

3 Feb 2011

Cyberspace is both the playground and the battleground of the future. The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is expanding across the globe and becoming increasingly central to societies.

Managing Elegant Decline

1 Feb 2011

The advent of a multipolar world is characterized above all by a relative decline of the United States.

Anticipation: A Strategic Function of the Dutch defense organization

18 Jan 2011

To anticipate means to be prepared: knowing what new threats and opportunities may arise in a fast changing environment. But it is just as important to have the organizational agility to take adequate steps, pro-actively as well as reactively, in response to these changes.

Future Issue: Demographic Shifts

31 Dec 2010

Demographic developments impact many social, economic, ecological, and political aspects of life.

The Role of Small Powers in the Outbreak of Great Power War

1 Dec 2010

Tim Sweijs published the paper 'The Role of Small Powers in the Outbreak of Great Power War' in the occasional paper series run by the Centre of Small State Studies at the Institute of International Affairs.

Rare Earth Elements and Strategic Mineral Policy

19 Nov 2010

Newspapers report almost daily on international tensions around ‘strategic’ or ‘critical’ minerals such as rare earth elements.

The Maritime Future of the Indian Ocean: Putting the G back into Great Power Politics

25 Oct 2010

The Indian Ocean is fast becoming the new center of economic gravity.

ICT-kwetsbaarheid en Nationale Veiligheid

20 Oct 2010

Elektronische aanvallen en digitale spionage vinden wereldwijd in toenemende mate plaats. Ook in Nederland komt dit steeds meer voor

Strategy and Change: A Narrative For The Age of Multipolarity

6 Oct 2010

The TNO and The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) programme Strategy & Change analyses global trends in a dynamic world affecting the foundations of our security, welfare and well-being. The programme attempts to answer the critical question : what are the policies and strategies that must be developed to effectively anticipate on these emerging challenges?

Time for Openness: a comparison of public reporting by security services

1 Sep 2010

The role of security services in democratic societies remains a thorny subject. Many policy measures to combat terrorism, extremism and radicalisation are based on classified information.

Resource Scarcity in the 21st century: Conflict or Cooperation

1 Sep 2010

Oil and natural gas, water, food, and minerals are critical to ensuring our wellbeing and prosperity. Due to expanding economic activities, growing population, and climate change these resources have become increasingly sensitive to higher prices, supply shortages, and export restrictions.

The Rise of Asia and Strategic Questions for Europe

26 Aug 2010

This report evaluates Asia’s transformation in the field of demographics, resources, economics, science, technology & innovation, political stability and, international relations and international security, while assessing its implications for Europe.

Pas op de plaats voor Defensie

12 Aug 2010

Based on a recent study the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) advises on the subject of the defense budget.

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