About CSCP
The Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme (CSCP) looks into contemporary conflicts, security threats and issues of international justice.
The CSCP is a merger of the The Conflict Research Unit (CRU) and other staff that has been working on the above issues throughout the past years. Read more »
Collateral Damage
Ko Colijn bericht op zijn weblog over oorlog en vrede: wapens, politiek, terrorisme en bij-verschijnselen zoals kindsoldaten, oorlogstrauma's, honger, ziekte en armoede. Lees het weblog op de website van Vrij Nederland »
3D 'The Next Generation'. Lessons learned from Uruzgan for future operations
December 1, 2011. This report about the Dutch comprehensive approach is based on a study by Jaïr van der Lijn of the Clingendael Institute, commissioned by Cordaid. The purpose of the report is to contribute to the debate about comprehensive approaches. It takes a look at the perceived strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Dutch comprehensive approach and at what dilemmas play a role in it. To answer this question and arrive at policy recommendations for future operations, the study maps perceptions regarding the ‘3D approach’ consisting of defence, diplomacy and development in the Dutch mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. In addition to an extensive literature research, focus group meetings were held with NGO representatives, military personnel and diplomats (the latter working on political and development affairs). Read more»
Russia's Military Reforms: Victory after Twenty Years of Failure?
December 1, 2011.
New Publication in Series: Clingendael Paper No. 5 by Marcel de Haas. Russia’s army has been in decay since 1991. Moscow is currently making a comeback, by way of an assertive foreign security policy that is supported by modernized and restructured armed forces. Since Russia is an important and influential security actor in and around Europe, and a nuclear competitor of the United States. The current military reforms will not result in Moscow returning as a military super power, but its regional power projection capabilities could well influence Western security ambitions towards the East. Read more»Recent publications
| NL | Van veelzijdig naar pasklaar. De toekomst van de Nederlandse krijgsmacht, Kees Homan en Dick Zandee |
| EN | The Political Economy of State-building in Situations of Fragility and Conflict: from Analysis to Strategy (Summary), Louise Anten, Ivan Briscoe and Marco Mezzera |
| EN | An overseas naval presence without overseas bases: China's counterpiracy operation in the Gulf of Aden (Summary), Susanne Kamerling en Frans-Paul van der Putten |
| NL | Oorlogvoering in de digitale ruimte: tussen sceptici en alarmisten, Kees Homan |
| EN | Hawks and fishermen, Ivan Briscoe |
| NL | Soedan of Soedans, het blijft instabiel (Summary), Jaïr van der Lijn |
| EN | Iran Will Think Twice Before Closing The Strait of Hormuz, Sico van der Meer |
Media
| NL | Iran wint niets met blokkade Straat van Hormuz, Sico van der Meer |
| NL | Europese krijgsmacht is een illusie, Kees Homan |
| NL | 'Kamer moet zelf ook verantwoording afleggen over Uruzgan', Jaïr van der Lijn en Margriet Drent |
| NL | Hoofd, handen en hart: de kern van militair leiderschap, Kees Homan |
| NL | Rusland laat zich niet nog eens dicteren, Bibi van Ginkel |
| NL | Alleen sancties tegen Iran zijn niet genoeg, Sico van der Meer |
| NL | Van Lissabon naar Chicago - NAVO moet zijn visie operationaliseren, Kees Homan |
| NL | Israël raakt helemaal niet in isolement, Alfred Pijpers |
| NL | Responsibility to protect in Libië, Kees Homan |