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
| 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 |
| EN | Breaking the wave: critical steps in the fight against crime in Guatemala (Summary), Ivan Briscoe and Marlies Stappers |
| EN | The Sustainability of the US Military Presence in East Asia (Summary), Frans-Paul van der Putten |
| EN | Geopolitics and nuclear weapons: North Korean provocations as a tool for regime survival (Summary), Sico van der Meer |
| NL | Libië: Responsibility to Protect en de NAVO, Kees Homan |
Media
| 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 |
| NL | Samenwerking geen wondermiddel tegen bezuinigingen defensie, Wouter Hagemeijer |
| NL | EU-Battle groups - Use them or lose them, Kees Homan |
| NL | Antiterreurwetten VS belemmeren noodhulp, Bibi van Ginkel en Fulco van Deventer |
| NL | Militaire interventies: eigen belang en moraal, Kees Homan |


