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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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Knowledge Investment Quote

1 Jun 2009
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence initiated an interdepartmental Future Policy Surveyin March 2008.
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Future Issue: Biometrics

1 Jun 2009
Biometrics, the science and technology of measuring and analysing biological data, has become a hot topic within the emerging technology foresight literature.
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Future Issue - Idiocracy and the Changing Distribution of Knowledge

1 Jun 2009
In a simple, yet intuitively appealing description, knowledge holds the key to the humancapacity to manipulate and exploit its environment, and plays an essential role in ensuring a state’s socio-political stability, economic prosperity and, above all, security.
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Can NATO's solidarity crisis be fixed: Results and Recommendations of the New Horizons Study

14 Apr 2009
NATO is at a crossroads, according to a recent debate hosted by the Security and DefenceAgenda (SDA). A study carried out by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) went to the heart of this debate by consulting a wide variety of stakeholders includingEU and NATO officials, academics, experts, students, industry and nongovernmentalorganisations
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Closing the Loop

1 Apr 2009
How do defence-organisations (or organisations with comparable profiles) of other countries map out policy goals and how are policy goals related to activities and capabilities and the required financial means?
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Crisisbeheersingsoperaties in fragiele staten, de noodzaak van een samenhangende aanpak

20 Mar 2009
Dit advies volgt op de adviesaanvraag van de regering over de ‘Verenigbaarheid vanpolitieke, militaire en ontwikkelingsdoelen in crisisbeheersingsoperaties’ van13 juni 2008
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Metal Minerals Scarcity: A Call For Managed Austerity and the Elements of Hope

10 Mar 2009
If we keep following the ruling paradigm of sustained global economic growth, we will soon run out of cheap and plentiful metal minerals of most types
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Future Issue: Space-Based Warfare

1 Mar 2009
State and non-state actors use space for a variety of commercial, civil, and military purposes.
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New Horizons: Finding a Path away from NATO's de-solidarisation

1 Mar 2009
The New Horizons consultations lead to several observations on the future of the alliance. De-solidarisation is a central issue of concern to NATO. The security environment over the next several years will present the alliance with a set of challenges that test the foundation of its solidarity.
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Future Issue: Russia

30 Jan 2009
In the worldwide power shift that is taking place last years it seems that Russia is gaining a more significant profile too.
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Not quite there yet :The state of the art in counterterrorism research

1 Jan 2009
Briefly after 9/11, the English psychologist Andrew Silke criticised the then state of the art ofterrorism research.
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Conflict and Coherence: The relation between the EU’s counterterrorism efforts and other policies

4 Nov 2008
Counterterrorism is often described, by analysts and practitioners alike, as a multifacetedpolicy, which should include a broad range of policy instruments.
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Future Issue: Nanotechnology

3 Nov 2008
Nanotechnology is widely considered to be ‘the’ technology of the future with applications in – and implications for – a wide range of fi elds such as, a.o, healthcare & medicine, material manufacturing, energy extraction and the conduct of warfare.
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Future Issue: Maritime Piracy

1 Nov 2008
In this Future Issue, the focus will be on a threat that by its largely unregulated, opaque and anarchic nature has a profound impact on the maritime realm: Piracy.
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Future Issue: Scarcity

1 Aug 2008
Scarcity will have a direct effect on the governments and industry within the next two decades. While the current discourse focuses almost exclusively on energy, it misses the broader picture of global scarcity.
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Notitie “Energie Voorzieningszekerheid en Nationale Veiligheid”

1 Jul 2008
Zeer hoge prijzen van olie of gas, dan wel storingen in de aanvoer ervan, kunnen elk moment optreden en een bedreiging vormen voor de nationale veiligheid.
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Mapping Counterterrorism: A categorization of policies and the promise of empirically-based, systematic comparisons

17 Jun 2008
Awareness of the full range of options is a vital element in the development ofany sound policy.
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Operations Research Support to Force and Operations Planning in the New Security Environment

1 Apr 2008
The project “Operations Research Support to Force and Operations Planningin the New Security Environment” aimed at establishing solid capabilityin operations analysis, involving young scientists from Bulgarian institutesand universities – a capability that is organizationally identifiable, buildingon state of the art knowledge and experience, with highly valued reputationin providing decision support to national and international security and defenceadministrations.
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Eyes Wide Shut? The Impact of Embedded Journalism on Dutch Newspaper Coverage of Afghanistan

1 Apr 2008
Embedded journalism has created a diversity dilemma. While more journalists write of Afghanistan, the focus has narrowed. The close interaction between military and journalists may also jeopardise the independence of reporting.
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Evaluation of Dutch Humanitarian Demining Activities: Angola

4 Dec 2007
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Future Issue: Urbanisation

1 Nov 2007
Urbanisation is “a process by which an increasing proportion of a national population lives in towns and cities”. The aim of this Future Issue is to analyse current trends brought about by urbanisation, including future risks and opportunities in both developing and developed countries.
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Evaluation of Dutch Humanitarian Demining Activities: Cambodia

1 Oct 2007
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Evaluation of Dutch Humanitarian Demining Activities: Synthesis Report

1 Oct 2007
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Evaluation of Dutch Humanitarian Demining Activities: Bosnia-Herzegovina

3 Sep 2007
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