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    A Matter of Balancing Responsibilities

    Series series WRR Publications
    Physical safety is a core task of government. It is neither surprising nor unreasonable for government to be held accountable for hazardous substances, for food safety, for flood protection, for the spread of infectious diseases, or for the risks involved in new technologies. In 2011 the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations asked the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) ... Read more

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  • Security in an Interconnected World

    A Strategic Vision for Defence Policy

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book follows the idea that security policy must be based on strategic analysis. Defence policy and the role of the armed forces can subsequently be determined on the grounds of said analysis. More than ever, internal and external security, and developments both in the Netherlands and abroad are interconnected. The world order is shifting, the cooperation within NATO and the EU is ... Read more

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    Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, and that areas such as trade, development, environment and energy are inextricable elements of it.This book offers a comprehensive and critical account of the EU's key ... Read more

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  • Peace Without Money, War Without Americans

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  • Mismeasuring Our Lives

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    In February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of leading economists to study whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—the most widely used measure of economic activity—is a reliable ... Read more

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  • Grand Strategy in 10 Words

    A Guide to Great Power Politics in the 21st Century

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    In a world that has returned to great power rivalry, understanding the grand strategy of these powers is crucial. This book introduces ten key terms for analysing grand strategy and shows how the world’s great powers – the United States, China, Russia and the European Union (EU) – shape their strategic decisions today.Outlining the steps needed for a less confrontational grand strategy and a more ... Read more

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  • Safety Net

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    by Daniel Mulino ...
    The welfare state is one of the crowning achievements of the twentieth century, giving citizens access to healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits. This unprecedented expansion of the state was a product of the postwar period of the late 1940s, when governments ramped up investment in this grand safety net. By the 1970s, half of all government spending went towards social-welfare ... Read more

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  • Breaking Down the Walls

    Improving EU-NATO Relations

    by Henna Hopia ...
    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    Europe needs to use the strengths of both the EU and NATO to effectively respond to the ever more diverse threats that require collective efforts. This is the only way through which European security can be guaranteed in the face of struggles with limited resources and decreasing defence funding, as well as the further US disengagement from Europe. For this to happen, and as both organisations ... Read more

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  • The Financial Crisis

    Who is to Blame?

    by Howard Davies ...
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