Op 12 juli 2006 werd een patrouille van het Israëlische leger in een hinderlaag gelokt door Hezbollah strijders. Een korte strijd volgde, waarbij drie Israëlische soldaten werden gedood en er twee werden ontvoerd. Als reactie voerden de Israel Defence Forces (IDF) operatie Change of Direction uit, een …

As it becomes clear that climate change is not easily within the boundaries of the 1990's, society needs to be prepared and needs to anticipate future changes due to the uncertain changes in climate. So far, extensive research has been carried out on several issues including the coastal defence or shifting …

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 …

This paper examines the complex relationship between the Western Balkan region and the EU security policy. It examines the development of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) in the context of the violent crises, which occurred in the southeastern European countries (SEE) around the decomposition …

In the Netherlands, there have been many discussions about whether or not to establish a European Defence Organisation. However, due to the political party D66 (Democrats '66), this discussion has been revived in 2006 to such an extent that it really had an impact on political agendas of the Dutch political …

De vrijwilligers van Vluchtelingenwerk Bergen op Zoom zetten zich al jaren in om de belangen van vluchtelingen te behartigen op zowel maatschappelijk als juridisch vlak. Eén van de juridische onderwerpen waar Vluchtelingenwerk zich mee bezig houdt, is gezinshereniging. Gezinshereniging is een onderdeel …

Military sensors are being used to create situational awareness. In a process of multi sensor data fusion, a sensor grid containing a multitude of similar and different sensor types contributes to the overall awareness by gathering and combining input data. Such data fusion has been applied in numerous …

In this issue, the members of the Combat Systems Department inform the defence community and (military) research institutes about their current and future research projects. The contributions cover a large part of the field of technological academic research that military organisations require

The collapse of the Soviet Union meant the removal of the main adversary of NATO, and many believed that NATO had become obsolete given its original purpose of countering the Soviet communist threat. The end of the Cold War caused a debate about the future role and the necessity of the Alliance. It soon …

Will the Netherlands be able to keep its sovereignty in the current episode of European security and defence policies? More and more cooperation takes place at the international level in a globalised world. The European institutions get more and more control over Member States policies. All nation-states …