Latest Reports
Report: Airpower in the Netherlands, a vision of the future 2015-2025
The Royal Netherlands Air Force should invest in a mix of weapons systems to facilitate joint operations. Observation and prolonged surveillance is becoming an important task. Strategic cooperation with R&D institutes and the aerospace industry is crucial.
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De Toekomst in alle Staten
Op woensdag 13 maart 2013 presenteert het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies de HCSS Strategische Monitor 2013: “De Toekomst in alle Staten”. Dit is een adviesrapport in opdracht van de Nederlandse regering en het anticipeert op toekomstige ontwikkelingen in de internationale veiligheidsomgeving.
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Detecting Elusive Criminals
Organized crime for the European market is a multi-billion dollar business that feeds on, as well as sustains, poverty and poor governmental control. As factors like the economic crisis and the emergence and growth of urban slums will sustain organized crime, this threat is likely to stay with us in the foreseeable future. Against this background, the HCSS report Detecting Elusive Criminals answers the following question: what research strands need to be explored further in order to find solutions for the threat posed to Europe by transnational organized crime?
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The emerging geopolitics of food
Interdependencies in the field of food, agriculture and raw materials are growing. Global population growth, rising prosperity and changing consumption patterns in emerging economies have increased the demand for all three.In the Netherlands, food insecurity is not an imminent risk. Nonetheless, geopolitical risks are real and scenarios under which the Dutch agro-food sector has difficulty in adequately sourcing critical raw material imports should not be neglected. This report explores how the Dutch government could strengthen the resilience of the Dutch agro-food system and mitigate risks to the supply of critical raw material imports.
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