Alerts
| Titel |
Expert(s) |
|---|---|
| Rem Korteweg |
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| Monika Sie Dhian Ho |
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| Louise van Schaik Tobias von Lossow Étienne Béchard |
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| Chemical weapons in Syria: do retaliatory bombardments deter their usage? |
Kars de Bruijne |
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Are the Dutch going green? Climate politics in the low lands heading towards crunch time
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Paul Hofhuis |
| Monika Sie Dhian Ho |
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| Monika Sie Dhian Ho |
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| Fragmentegration: between fragmentation and integration in the global system (forthcoming) |
Rem Korteweg |
| Going Dutch: which companies are moving to the Netherlands because of Brexit? (forthcoming) |
Rem Korteweg |
Policy Briefs
Podcasts
Eight podcasts were published in 2018 (via the website, social media and the weekly Clingendael Newsletter). All podcasts are available on the Clingendael website, Spotify, iTunes and SoundCloud.
| Title |
Interviewee(s) |
|---|---|
| Matthew Goodwin on Populism in Europe |
Matthew Goodwin, Senior Fellow of Chatham House |
| Klaus Welle talks EU reform, trade & Brexit |
Klaus Well, Secretary-General of the European Parliament |
| Jeremy Cliffe on Germany’s coalition talks & the impact on EU policy |
Jeremy Cliffe, Berlin Bureau Chief of The Economist |
| Sinan Ülgun on EU-Turkey relations |
Sinan Ülgun, Turkey specialist and Chairman of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, an Istanbul-based think tank |
| Frans-Paul van der Putten, A.E. Ursu & Willem van den Berg on China’s role in the Horn of Africa |
Frans-Paul van der Putten, Senior Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute |
| Tony van der Togt on Putin’s Fourth Presidential Term |
Tony van der Togt, Russia Specialist at the Clingendael Institute |
| Anette Hoffman on effects of irregular migration on local economy |
Anette Hoffman, Senior Research Associate at the Conflict Research Unit of the Clingendael Institute |
| Humanity House: De Klimaatvluchteling – Alternatieve Veiligheidsraad |
Marriët Schuurman, Romana Vrede, |
Media
Clingendael experts made an average of 13 media appearances per week in 2018, including in Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Süddeutsche Zeitung, le Figaro, The Economist, Japan Times, NRC Handelsblad, De Volkskrant and het Financieele Dagblad. In our press policy we have become more critical in terms of value creation and prioritization.
A full list of media appearances can be found on our website.
RTV
Regarding Radio and TV-performances, our experts were frequently seen guests on:
Clingendael Magazine
The Clingendael Spectator, our independent magazine, maintained its steady rise in readership in 2018. Both the Dutch and the English pages have an increase of 15,291 unique page views at the end of 2018 (+14%). Its social media platforms and newsletter also saw a gradual increase in audiences, with over 3,400 subscribers (+10%) to its newsletter and over 4,200 subscribers (+28%) on social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) combined.
In 2018, the magazine published over 110 analyses, opinions, columns and reviews.
Notable publications are the following dossiers:
| Title of dossier |
|---|
| Europe’s Energy Relations: Between Legacy and Transformation |
To accompany its dossiers, the Clingendael Spectator also began regularly pre-publishing articles from its upcoming dossiers in Dutch quality newspapers, such as de Volkskrant and het Financieele Dagblad.
In 2018, the magazine also introduced a new format, its series. The topics of completed series were the EU’s Brexit Mistakes, Oceania, EU-China investments and from Atlantis to Europe. Series offer readers a more time-lapse take on persistent, salient issues.
2018 also saw the Clingendael Spectator team up with new partners. In its books and movies section, both IDFA and Movies that Matter now regularly contribute to the magazine. Also, the magazine now carries more regular reviews of relevant books in the field of international relations, which it combines with popular competitions that award copies of the reviewed book.
Events
The Clingendael Institute organised a total of 89 events in 2018. Of these, 32 were (partly) financed by the public platform activities subsidy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of which 22 were public and 10 closed expert meetings. Some of our public events existed of multiple panel discussions or a full day programme (conferences). We also run two event series: the ‘Alternatieve veiligheidsraad’, together with Humanity House and ‘het Nationale Theater’, and a series on the Western Balkan.
Public events
| Date & Title |
Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| 18 January: EU Presidency event
Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Matti Maasikas (Estonian Deputy Minister for European Affairs), Rumen Alexandrov (Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Netherlands), Margriet Drent (Clingendael) |
| 22 January: Publieksbijeenkomst 1 jaar Trump
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Lilianne Ploumen (Kamerlid), Willem Post (Clingendael) |
| 23 January: Debate and preview of Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ Partner: Entertainment One
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Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal (Nieuwsuur), Jan Melissen (Clingendael) |
| 25 January: State of the Union Conference 2018 (SotEU 2018) |
Frank Vandenbroucke (UvA), Klaus Welle (SG European Parliament), Monika Sie Dhian Ho (Clingendael) |
| 25 January: SotEU 2018- European Defence Cooperation - Desirable and Feasible? Moderator: Margriet Drent (Clingendael) |
Sophia Besch (Centre for European Reform), Anthony Lawrence, Hans van Santen (Ministry of Defence), Hester Somsen (Minister of Foreign Affairs) |
| 25 January: SotEU 2018 - Managing Globalisation - EU Trade Policy in the Trump Era Partner: European Parliament Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Elvire Fabry (Delors Institute), Joost Korte (DG EC), Jeremy Cliffe (The Economist) |
| 25 January: SotEU 2018 - The European Monetary Fund - Financial Risks and Political Consequences Partner: European Parliament Moderator: Adriaan Schout (Clingendael) |
Charles Wyplosz (Centre for Economic Policy Research), Amela Hubic (European Political Strategy Centre EC), Anne-Laure Delatte (CEPII) |
| 25 January: SotEU 2018 - EU Migration Policies - from Crisis to Stability? Moderator: Monika Sie Dhian Ho (Clingendael) |
Guilia Lagana (Open Society European Policy Institute), Fransje Molenaar (Clingendael) |
| 7 March: Duitsland, die Grosse Koalition en de Europese Unie Partner: NGIZ |
Hanco Jürgens (Duitsland Instituut) |
| 21 March: Een andere kijk op Rusland: meer dan noodzakelijk Partner: NGIZ
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Arnout Brouwers (Volkskrant), Tony van der Togt (Clingendael) |
| 4 April: Cyberwarfare en security in alle Staten Partner: NGIZ |
Mischa van Geelen (Ethics hacker o.a. Google), Jelle Haaster (Dutch Ministry of Defence), Jeroen Gaiser (Rijkswaterstaat), Carlijn Broekman (TNO), Sophie van der Zee (Erasmus University), Sico van der Meer (Clingendael) |
| 23 April: Event #1 Western Balkans-EU with President of Kosovo Moderator: Jan Marinus Wiersma en Ron Ton (Clingendael) |
Hashim Thaçi (Minister President Kosovo) |
| 24 April: Alternatieve veiligheidsraad #2: De robotisering van de oorlog
Moderator: Roos Abelman (BNR Nieuwsradio) |
Sebastian Reyn (Ministry of Defence), Frans Osinga (Professor of military operational sciences NDA), David Levy (International chess master), Miriam Struyk (Program director at Security and Disarmament), Sabine Roeser (Philosophy Professor at TU Delft) |
| 25 April: Europa in de ruimte
Moderator: Dick Zandee (Clingendael) |
Paul Verhoef (ESA-director), Bernard Buijs (Head Bureau Space Dutch Air Force) |
| 18 May: Putin 4.0: Ready for a New Cold War?
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Kadri Liik (European Council on Foreign Relations), Bob Deen (OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities), Hubert Smeets (Raam op Rusland), Tony van der Togt en Jan Rood (Clingendael) |
| 22 May: Event #2 Western Balkans-EU with Prof. Tanja Miščević (Serbia) Moderator: Jan Marinus Wiersma (Clingendael) |
Tanja Miščević (Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Serbia) |
| 6 June: Cinema | Persvrijheid onder druk |
Guido Snel (University of Amsterdam) |
| 7 June: De toekomst van de Europese Unie: omzien in verwondering
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Joost Flamand (DG European Cooperation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
| 19 June: Alternatieve veiligheidsraad #3: de Klimaatvluchteling
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Marriët Schuurman (Head of UN Security Council Task Force), Louise van Schaik (Clingendael), Fredrick Mugira (Water journalists Africa), Tom Middendorp (former Commander of the Armed Forces), Francesca de Châtel (Writer) |
| 24 September: Symposium: de eeuw van J.L. Heldring
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Luuk van Middelaar (Leiden University), Duco Hellema (Utrecht University), Peter Vandermeersch (Editor-in-chief, NRC), Monika Sie Dhian Ho (Clingendael) |
| 1 October: The European Union after Brexit: Keynote |
Tom de Bruijn (Clingendael), Luuk van Middelaar (Leiden University), Thijs van der Plas (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
| 1 October: The European Union after Brexit - expert panel
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Monika Sie Dhian Ho (Clingendael), Stéphano Alonso (NRC Handelsblad), Hanno Würzner (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Hanco Jürgens (Duitsland Instituut) |
| 1 October: The European Union after Brexit - Ambassador panel
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Maria Jesus Alonso Jimenez (Ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands), Ilze Rüse (Ambassador of Latvia to the Netherlands), Dirk Brengelmann (Ambassador of Germany to the Netherlands), Jens-Otto Horslund (Ambassador of Denmark to the Netherlands), Kevin Kelly (Ambassador of Ireland to the Netherlands) |
| 4 October: Alternatieve veiligheidsraad #4: Militair ingrijpen
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Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Niels Roelen (Veteran), Koffi Afande (Judge, Yugoslavia Tribunal and Rwandan Tribunal), Bette Dam (investigative journalist), Daria Bukvic (stage director) |
| 11 October: Hybrid Cooperation: How Could the EU Still Engage with Russia?
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Tony van der Togt (Clingendael), Tatiana Romanova (Head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, St Petersburg) |
| 26 November: NGIZ Clingendael Brexit bijeenkomst met Rem Korteweg |
Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
| 4 December: Van Bylandtlezing met Marcel Kurpershoek, thema Syrië
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Marcel Kurpershoek (senior fellow New York University Abu Dhabi) |
| 15/16 December: Alternatieve veiligheidsraad #5: Nacht van het Conflict
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O.a. Sigrid Kaag (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Victor Ochen (African Youth Initiative Network), Frans de Waal (biologist), Fransje Molenaar (Clingendael) |
Expert meetings
| Date & Title |
Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| 16 January: Future of Europe Breakfast with Matthew Goodwin Partner: European Commission Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Matthew Goodwin (Professor of Politics Kent University) |
| 22 March: Future of Europe Breakfast on EU-Turkey Relations
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Kati Piri (Member of the European Parliament), Sinan Ülgen (EDAM) |
| 4 April: Brexit-Watching with Simon Kuper
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Simon Kuper (Financial Times) |
| 14 May: Roundtable expert session with Nikolai Dimitrov Moderator: Jan Marinus Wiersma (Clingendael) |
Nikolai Dimitrov (Minister of Foreign Affairs of North-Macedonia) |
| 5 June: Future of Europe Breakfast on EU Budget and Foreign Policy Partner: European Commission Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Félix Fernández-Shaw (DEVCO) |
| 12 September: Future of Europe Breakfast on Brexit with Stefaan De Rynck
Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Stefaan de Rynck (Senior advisor to Michel Barnier) |
| 28 September: Future of Europe Breakfast on Poland and the Rule of Law
Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Sophie in ‘t Veld (Member of the European Parliament), Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska (Centre for European Reform) |
| 22 October: Roundtable ‘Challenges and perspectives for Moldova’s Europeanisation process ahead of its Parliamentary Elections’ Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael) |
Iulian Groza (Director IPRE), Erik Sportel (CESS), Tatiane Pârvu (Ambassador of Moldova to the Netherlands), Adriaan Palm (Former Ambassador of the Netherlands for the Eastern Partnership) |
| 6 November:
Expert meeting ‘Hybrid conflict and Russia’, with James Sherr |
James Sherr (Russia expert and Associate Fellow Chatham House) |
| 20 December: Future of Europe Breakfast on the EU in 2019
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Caroline de Gruyter (EU- correspondent NRC Handelsblad) |
Uploading Events
Also in 2018 Clingendael experts frequently used the opportunities to upload national and international audiences with their research. The following are a few out of many speeches and/or panel contributions:
| Date |
Event & Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| 25 January |
China at the Gates: European and Japanese perspectives on China’s new global posture, Conference, the European Council on Foreign Relations. Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Warschau. |
| 13 Februari |
Hashtech #1: Een avond over privacy, hacken en cybersecurity: Publicatie, Sico van der Meer. Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht |
| 13 March |
Internal meeting Spanish Ministry of Defence, Fransje Molenaar. |
| 23 March |
EUISS seminar: Brexit: what consequences for European defence?, Margriet Drent, Brussels. |
| 6 April |
Reimagining Europe's partnerships with Japan and India, Expert Roundtable, Maaike Okano-Heijmans, the Clingendael Institute, The Hague. |
| 14 April |
Africa Day (Judith Sargentini - EU Greens), Fransje Molenaar, Amsterdam. |
| 19 April |
Roundtable meeting in the House of Representatives on Brexit, Rem Korteweg, The Hague. |
| 26 April |
European Parliament’s Security & Defence committee on European defence after Brexit, georganiseerd door SEDE committee of EP, Margriet Drent, Brussel. |
| 17 May |
US State Department/ National Intelligence Council meeting on “Changing Political Leadership in Europe”, Rem Korteweg, Washington DC. |
| 17-19 May |
EU-budget session organised by Bruegel at the annual GLOBSEC conference 2018, Adriaan Schout, Bratislava. |
| 24 May |
Roundtable discussion House of representatives on annual Defence report 2018, organised by committee of Defence of the House of Representatives. Transcript, Dick Zandee, The Hague. |
| 25 May |
Panel discussion Stopping the Use of Chemical Weapons in Modern Conflicts, Chatham House, Peter van Ham, London. |
| 7-8 June |
Presentation: India Strategy Group, the European Council on Foreign Relations, Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Lisbon. |
| 13 June |
Presentation: China’s BRI en geopolitiek: sluimerend connectiviteitsconflict? VNO-NCW Brabant Zeeland. Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Eindhoven. |
| 29 June |
International diplomacy and cyber war & conference The future of cyber warfare: Sico van der Meer, Partners: Antall József Knowledge Centre & Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels. |
| 6 August |
In preparation to the State of the Union speech of Jean-Claude Juncker: contributions on the European narrative during the ‘State of the Union’ diner. Guests: Secretary-General of the European Commission Martin Selmayr and the General Directors of European think tanks. Monika Sie Dhian Ho, The Hague. |
| 26-31 August |
SIWI World Water Week, organised by SIWI. Louise van Schaik, Stockholm. |
| 13 September |
Managing the crisis of authority in global economic governance: The risk of trade wars and connectivity conflicts, EJARN-KAS Conference. Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Tokyo. |
| 25 September |
speech on a Dutch-Spanish coalition in the European Union after Brexit, during a seminar co-hosted by the Clingendael Institute and Real Instituto Elcano. Attendees: Spanish and Dutch Director-Generals of European affairs and General Directors International/Europe with senior civil servants from various ministries. Monika Sie Dhian Ho, Madrid. |
| 2 October |
Panel discussion EU Conference -The European Defence Fund-Driving Factor for Defence Research and Innovation, during ‘Towards a Comprehensive Fund - Consistency Between Research and Capability Development in Practice’, organised by Austrian Presidency of the EU, Dick Zandee, Vienna. |
| 8 October |
speech on the formation of coalitions within a EU that protects and modernises, Presidents Panel, Global Think Tank Summit 2018, Monika Sie Dhian Ho, Brussels. |
| 11 October |
Speech to Interparliamentary Conference on CFSP/CSDP on Military Mobility, organised by Austrian Presidency of the EU, Margriet Drent, Vienna. |
| 17-19 October |
Attendee 59th Strategy for Peace Conference, organised by The Stanley Foundation, Louise van Schaik, Warrenton. |
| 25-26 October |
Introduction for the 2-day conference led by Minister Koolmees: Towards a European Labour Authority, Adriaan Schout, The Hague. |
| 1 November |
Breakfast meeting migration, Bureau Migration policy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fransje Molenaar, The Hague. |
| 5 November |
Roundtable Expert discussion House of Representatives, Adriaan Schout, The Hague. |
| 6-7 December |
Spanel discussion The EU as a global actor: priorities and effectiveness of EU external action during the roundtable meeting “Strengthening the EU as a regional and global actor” organised by German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Rem Korteweg, Bucharest. |
CrisisWatch
The CrisisWatch is a three folded series on a societally relevant specific (conflict) topic. In 2017 we elaborated more on the conflict in Libya, in 2018 we focused on the changing relations with Turkey. The relations between Turkey, the EU, NATO and the individual European members are under pressure due to national driven political developments in Turkey since the failed coup of 2016. At the same time, the country has a central role in important subjects for the Netherlands and Europe such as migration, trade, energy and the Syria conflict.
The CrisisWatch exists of three publications each representing a part of the conflicting relations: the relation between NATO and Turkey, between EU and Turkey and the problems of ‘Erdogan’s long arm’. This series will be closed with a meeting. At the beginning of 2019, the first out of three publications is published. The other publications and the meeting will follow later on in 2019.
Serious Simulations
We started in 2018 with the development of ‘serious simulations’. Clingendael Academy has for instance hosted a negotiations workshop during the ‘Night of the Conflict’(one of the events we co-organised with Humanity House in the ‘Alternative Veiligheidsraad’ event series for the Public Platform). We will continue developing ‘serious simulations’ in 2019 and cooperate with external partners on implementation and effect.