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Indonesia's National Resilience Institute visits Clingendael

Indonesia's National Resilience Institute visits Clingendael
Date
27 Aug 2013 - 28 Jan 2026
Time
00:00 - 10:53
Location
Clingendael Institute, The Hague
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Lemhannas RI, one of Indonesia's leading institutes on security issues, visited Clingendael last week to exchange perspectives and discuss Clingendael's vision of challenges in international security. The meeting at Clingendael, organised at the request of the Indonesian embassy, was part of a one-week study tour to the Netherlands. This study tour also included discussions at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, as well as a site visit to Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding.

At Clingendael, some 30 senior-level officials with academic, governmental and security backgrounds engaged in discussion with former minister of defense Mr. Willem van Eekelen and Clingendael's senior research associate Maj. Gen. (ret). Kees Homan. Mr. Homan started the discussion by presenting Clingendael's recent policy brief on the future of the Netherlands' armed forces and current and future challenges in international security.

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Mr. van Eekelen, a former Secretary General of the Western European Union, touched upon European defence cooperation with the delegation, and specifically the capacity of NATO and the EU to meet these challenges. As Chairman of the Indonesia-Netherlands Society, Mr. van Eekelen also contributed to the discussion on Netherlands-Indonesian bilateral relations.

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Both experts shared their insight into the position of the Netherlands and the EU in international security with the Indonesian officials. They also led the group in an engaging and substantive discussion, contributing to the ongoing exchange of perspectives between Indonesia and the Netherlands on international relations which the Clingendael Institute has been proud to contribute to since 2004, in the form of (diplomatic) training, capacity building, and events such as these.

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