On 2 February 2006, after earlier Dutch contributions in Afghanistan, a large parliamentary majority approved the Cabinet decision to deploy a mission to Uruzgan. On 3 February 2006 the decision was confirmed in the meeting of the Cabinet. This brought to a close the political decision making process …

Analysis of the newest US strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. As such, it raises the questions what are realistic goals and ambition levels, differences between strategies of western partners, as well as burden sharing among them. Whether the new strategy will succeed, of course, also depends on Afghan …

The author, writing directly from his personal experiences, describes the difficulty of leading air force activities in a complex operation like in Afghanistan. Not only gaining and maintaining air superiority, and providing air support and transport, was on the agenda of ISAFs air force headquarters …

After more than three decades of war and conflict, Afghanistan is back on track towards becoming a functioning state again. Although security and stability have not taken root yet, the first results of peace are tangible. The quality of governance, the judicial …

In this article the author homes in on the tension inherent in the mission in Afghanistan: finding the balance in conducting reconstruction operations while also providing security including the application of considerable force, if necessary. He analyses the effectiveness and efficiency of Dutch land …

Doel: Het doel van dit onderzoek was het ontwikkelen van een richtlijn, inclusief handleiding, met een goed onderbouwd oefenprogramma inclusief metingen en beoordelingsformulieren hiervoor. Deze is bestemd voor de afdeling fysiotherapie van het Catharina-ziekenhuis te Eindhoven waar patiënten na een …

SAMENVATTING Dit afstudeerproject betreft het ontwikkelen van een voorlichtings- DVD voor patiënten die een voorste kruisband reconstructie ondergaan. De huidige voorlichtings- DVD is niet meer actueel, waardoor het St. Annaziekenhuis te Geldrop de opdracht gegeven heeft een nieuwe, up to date, DVD …

Professional development needs to be understood as a spontaneous process of learning at work before moving on toward the 'desired' professional development. Learning as a result of working is often implicit, stems from social interaction and direct experience, involves the (thoughtless, implicit) reproduction …

Since the nineties the Netherlands armed forces have become increasingly active in humanitarian aid and reconstruction in countries where they have carried out peaceoperations. This activity implies close cooperation with civilian institutions, for which the concept of civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) …