In March, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba in 88 years in an attempt to normalise relations and pave the way for future cooperation in the region. It is in that spirit of fostering cooperation that we welcome a group of 21 junior diplomats from the Caribbean, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela.
Two teams of Clingendael Trainers set off for Abu Dhabi to provide trainings for the recently established Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) in two essential skills sets for respectively junior and senior diplomats: Diplomatic Writing Skills and Strategic Thinking & Scenario Building.
In this ‘Euro-View’ for the Security Europe site Clingendael Senior Research Fellows Margriet Drent and Dick Zandee argue that it is time for a step-change to generate a credible European defence.
New Clingendael report on the future demand for police capacity in multilateral organisations. How can the Netherlands adjust its available police tools to both this demand and to national (security) policy goals?
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