HCSS Centre for Strategic Studies

Security Studies

Current international relations are dominated by interconnected developments: the relative decline in power among Western states, the rise of major Asian powers such as China and India, the rise of new regional powers such as Iran, the competition for secure supplies of oil, gas and other vital resources and the functioning of international institutions such as the UN, NATO and EU. In addition, failing states, international terrorism and international crime pose security challenges.

National policy and European integration are not isolated from these global trends and developments. The security studies programme provides the overall context for HCSS research and forms the foundation for our analysis and policy advice.

Programme focus:

• Geopolitical and regional studies
• Global trends and challenges
• Risks and threats in international relations
• Contextual analyses
• Assessment of implications of global trends on future policy

The Security Studies Programme is led by Prof. dr. Rob de Wijk.

Rob de Wijk is a historian and political scientist. He is the General Director of HCSS. Prior, De Wijk was affiliated with various research institutes and advised the Chief of the Defence Staff as Director Defence Concepts of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence.

Prof. dr. Rob de Wijk

In 2007 Dr. Rob de Wijk assumed the position of Director of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.

He is also Professor of International Relations at the University of Leiden and Chairman of the National Security Think Tank, advising the Government on defence and national security issues, including contingency plans for crisis management

To contact Rob de Wijk, please send an e-mail to his secretary Daniella Kranendonk

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