| Date |
Event |
City |
| 27-01-2010 |
Journalists' visit
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Brussels |
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Date: 27 January
Subject: 'Lisbon' and European Defence'
Speakers: a.o. Dick Zandee (Head, Planning & Policy Unit, EDA); Marianne de Kwaasteniet (Dutch Representative, Political and Security Committee, EU)
Locations: European Defence Agency, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU, Brussels
Participants: 5 journalists |
| 04-02-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 4 February
Subject: 'Transformation of Afghanistan: What Way Ahead?'
Speakers: Mohammad Tariq Ismati (Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation, Kabul); Paula Sastrowijoto (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague)
Moderator: Norbert Both (Member, Executive Committee, Netherlands Atlantic Association)
In cooperation with: Netherlands Atlantic Youth
Location: Press Centre 'Nieuwspoort', The Hague
Participants: 90 patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students and others
|
| 05-02-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
Amsterdam |
|
|
Date: 5 February
Subject: 'Loya Jirga: Exit Afghanistan?'
Speakers: a.o. Mohammad Tariq Ismati (Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Kabul); Dick Berlijn (former Chief of Defence)
In cooperation with: a.o. Felix Meritis, Amsterdam
Location: Felix Meritis, Amsterdam
Participants: patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and others |
| 16-02-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 16 February
Subject: 'The Condensing of the World'
Speakers: François Heisbourg (a.o. Chairman of the Board of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London); Ben Knapen (Scientific Council for Government Policy)
Moderator: Monika Sie Dhian Ho (Vice-Chairperson, Netherlands Atlantic Association)
Location: Press Centre 'Nieuwspoort', The Hague
Participants: 80 patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and others
|
| 17-02-2010 |
Atlantic Education Conference
|
Utrecht |
|
|
Date: 17 February
Subject: 'The Mediterranean: Crossroads of continents and cultures'
Speakers: a.o. Jacob Eerbeek (University of Amsterdam); Hans van der Loo (Shell International, Brussels); Wouter van Straten (Netherlands Defence Academy); Roel van der Veen (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, University of Amsterdam); Lily Sprangers (Turkey Institute, The Hague)
Location: University Hall (Academiegebouw), Utrecht
Participants: 120 secondary school teachers of history, geography, social studies, students and others |
| 26-02-2010 |
Visit to NATO Headquarters
|
Brussels |
|
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Date: 26 February
Subject: Current issues at NATO
Speakers: representatives of the International Staff and members of the various delegations of member states and partner countries
In cooperation with: NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division
Location: Brussels
Participants: 6 parliamentary staff members |
| 03-03-2010 |
Programme for American GMF Fellows
|
Netherlands |
|
t/m 08-03-2010 |
Date: 3-8 March
In cooperation with: German Marshall Fund (Washington DC)
Locations: Amsterdam, The Hague, Noordwijk, Flevoland
Participants: 5 Fellows of the American Marshall Memorial Fund |
| 05-03-2010 |
Seminar
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 5 March
Subject: NATO's New Strategic Concept (on the occasion of a recently published report of the Advisory Council on International Affairs)
Speakers: Frank Majoor (Ambassador to NATO); Joris Voorhoeve (Advisory Council on International Affairs); Frans Osinga (Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda); Han ten Broeke (Second Chamber, VVD); Arjan Vliegenthart (First Chamber, SP); Kees Homan (Clingendael Institute); Raymond Knops (Second Chamber, CDA); Angelien Eijsink (Second Chamber, PvdA)
Moderator: Christa Meindersma (The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies)
In cooperation with: Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) and the Clingendael Institute
Location: Press Centre 'Nieuwspoort', The Hague
Participants: 110 patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and others |
| 17-03-2010 |
Meeting Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
Leiden |
|
|
Date: 17 March
Subject: New Terrorist Threats for the West?
Speakers: Theo Bot (Deputy National Coordinator for Counterterrorism); Beatrice de Graaf (Lecturer and Researcher, Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism, The Hague
In cooperation with: SIB Leiden
Location: Plexus Student Centre, Leiden
Participants: 70 (students and young professionals)
|
| 26-03-2010 |
Visit to NATO Headquarters
|
Brussels |
|
|
Date: 26 March
Subject: Current issues at NATO
Speakers: representatives of the International Staff and members of the various delegations of member states and partner countries
In cooperation with: NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division
Location: Brussels
Participants: 10 university lecturers and researchers
|
| 29-03-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 29 March
Subject: ‘A New NATO Strategic Concept’
Speakers: Maxime Verhagen (Minister of Foreign Affairs); Hans van Baalen (Member of the European Parliament, Liberal Party – VVD); Harry van Bommel (Member of Parliament, Socialist Party – SP); Han ten Broeke (Member of Parliament, Liberal Party – VVD); Raymond Knops (Member of Parliament, Christian Democratic Party – CDA); Jeroen van der Veer (Vice-Chairman, Group of Experts, Strategic Concept, NATO)Moderator: Leonard Ornstein (journalist for ‘Buitenhof’, VPRO)
In cooperation with: The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)
Location: Studio Dudok, The Hague
Participants: 120 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic corps, politicians, representatives of the Netherlands’ ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students, and others)
|
| 13-04-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 13 April
Subject: 'Lawrence of Arabia. The Past, Present and Future of Afghanistan'
Speakers: John Hulsman (President and Co-Founder, John C. Hulsman Enterprises; Senior Research Fellow, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies); Rob de Wijk (Director, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies; professor of International Relations, Leiden University)
Moderator: Bram Boxhoorn (Director, Netherlands Atlantic Association)
Location: Studio Dudok, The Hague
Participants: 60 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and others)
|
| 14-04-2010 |
Visit to US Embassy Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 14 April
Subject: ‘Security Aspects of the Economic Crisis in a Transatlantic Perspective’
Speakers: Ben Canavan (Foreign Service Officer); Charles Mau (Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation)
Location: US Embassy, The Hague
Participants: 19 students
|
| 27-04-2010 |
Education Seminar
|
Heerenveen |
|
|
Date: 27 April
Subject: ‘Water and Security’
Speakers: René Genee (Groningen Seaports); Jankees Trimpe Burger (Director, Netherlands Coastguard); Bart Parmet (Director, Delta Programme); Henk Donkers (Radboud University, Nijmegen); Margreet Zwarteveen (Wageningen University)
Moderator: Hans Luyendijk (Chairman, Atlantic Education Committee)
In cooperation with: NHL University, Leeuwarden and Windesheim University
Location: Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
Participants: 65 (secondary school teachers of history, geography and social studies, students and others
|
| 07-05-2010 |
Visit to NATO Headquarters
|
Brussels |
|
|
Date: 7 May
Subject: Current issues at NATO
Speakers: representatives of the International Staff and members of the various delegations of member states and partner countries
In cooperation with: NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division
Location: Brussels
Participants: 6 journalists
|
| 21-05-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 21 May
Subject: NATO's New Strategic Concept
Speaker: Jeroen van der Veer (former CEO, Shell; vice-chairman, Group of Experts, Strategic Concept, NATO)Moderator: Piet Bukman (Chairman, Netherlands Atlantic Association)
Location: 'Sociëteit De Witte', The Hague
Participants: 130 patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students, and others
|
| 03-06-2010 |
Debate
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 3 June
Subject: Dutch defence and the upcoming parliamentary elections
Speakers: Hans van Baalen (VVD), Simon van Driel (PvdA), Wassila Hachchi (D66), Henk Jan Ormel (CDA), Arjan Vliegenthart (SP)
Moderator: Leonard Ornstein(VPRO, Buitenhof)
In cooperation with: Royal Netherlands Society for Military Art and Science (KVBK)
Location: Press Centre 'Nieuwspoort', The Hague
Participants: 140 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students, and others)
|
| 08-06-2010 |
Meeting Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 8 June
Subject: International Security and Climate Change
Speaker: Dennis McGinn (Vice-Admiral (ret.); CEO, Remote Reality Corp.)
In cooperation with: JASON Foundation
Location: US Embassy, The Hague
Participants: 20 students and young professionals
|
| 22-06-2010 |
Meeting Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
Leiden |
|
|
Date: 22 June
Subject: Poverty, instability and radicalisation in Somalia
Speakers: Mark Schenkel (Africa editor, NRC Handelsblad); Suad Farah (Communications consultant, Hirda Foundation)
Moderator: Kees Kouwenhoven (Board Member, Netherlands Atlantic Youth)
In cooperation with: SIB Leiden
Location: Plexus Student Centre, Leiden
Participants: 20 students and young professionals
|
| 23-06-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 23 June
Subject: '10 Reasons Why India Will Not Become a Superpower'
Speaker: Ramachandra Guha (historian and writer)
Moderator: Roel van der Veen (scientific adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
In cooperation with: Nyenrode Business University and the Clingendael Institute
Location: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
Participants: 120 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students and others)
|
| 25-06-2010 |
Visit to NATO Headquarters
|
Brussels |
|
|
Date: 25 June
Subject: Current issues at NATO
Speakers: representatives of the International Staff and members of the various delegations of member states and partner countries
In cooperation with: NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division
Location: Brussels
Participants: 23 students and young professionals
|
| 14-09-2010 |
Preparatory Meeting Teachers' Study Trip
|
Utrecht |
|
|
Date: 14 September
Subject: New York City
Speakers: a.o. Irina van Aalst (researcher and lecturer of Urban Geography, Utrecht University)
Location: Conference Centre ‘Vredenburg19’, Utrecht
Participants: 20 teachers of geography, history and social studies who participated in the study trip
|
| 16-09-2010 |
Public Meeting
|
Amsterdam |
|
|
Date: 16 September 2010
Subject: 'US Mid-term Elections 2010: Issues, Prospects, Impact'
Speaker: Darrell M. West (Brookings Institution)
Moderator: Ruth Oldenziel (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Location: ‘De Bazel’, Amsterdam
Participants: 40 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students, and others)
|
| 17-09-2010 |
Inaugural Lecture
|
Amsterdam |
|
|
Date: 17 September
Subject: 'Peace as a Side Goal. America, Europe, and the Middle East Peace Process'
Spreaker: Marianne van Leeuwen (Professor, by special appointment, of Modern Transatlantic Relations, University of Amsterdam)
Location: Hall, University of Amsterdam
Participants: patrons, university lecturers, journalists, students and others
|
| 24-09-2010 |
Lunch Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 24 September
Subject: 'A New Transatlantic Bargain'
Speaker: Stanley R. Sloan (Director, Atlantic Community Initiative; Visiting Scholar, Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, Middlebury College)
Moderator: Sebastian Reyn (Ministry of Defence)
Location: 'Sociëteit De Witte', The Hague
Participants: 60 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students and others)
|
| 13-10-2010 |
Education Study Trip
|
New York |
|
t/m 20-11-2010 |
Date: 13-20 October
Subject: Dutch-American Relations - Past, present and future
Location: New York
Participants: 20 teachers of geography, history and social sciences
|
| 22-10-2010 |
Lunch Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 20 October
Subject: NATO Summit in Lisbon
Speakers: Jamie Shea (Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary-General, NATO) and Julian Lindley-French (Eisenhower professor of Defence Strategy, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda; professor, by special appointment, of Strategic Studies, Leiden University)
Moderator: Bram Boxhoorn (Director, Netherlands Atlantic Association)
Location: 'Sociëteit De Witte', The Hague
Participants: 110 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students and others)
|
| 24-10-2010 |
Study visit Journalists to the United States
|
USA |
|
t/m 31-10-2010 |
Date: 24-31 October
Subject: US Midterm Elections
Speakers: various
Locations: Phoenix, Dallas, and Washington
Participants: 8 foreign affairs editors of Dutch media
|
| 05-11-2010 |
Visit to NATO Headquarters
|
Brussels |
|
|
Date: 5 November
Subject: Current issues at NATO
Speakers: representatives of the International Staff and members of the various delegations of member states and partner countries
In cooperation with: NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division
Location: Brussels
Participants: 10 journalists
|
| 08-11-2010 |
Lunch Meeting
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 8 November
Subject: Dutch Defence Policy ('Between the Polder and a Hard Place? The Netherlands and Defence Planning Challenges for Smaller European Countries')
Speakers: Julian Lindley-French (Eisenhower professor of Defence Strategy, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda; professor, by special appointment, of Strategic Studies, Leiden University); Anne Tjepkema (Associate Professor, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda) and Adrian Johnson (Royal United Services Institute, London)
Moderator: Kees Homan (Clingendael Institute)
Location: Press Centre 'Nieuwspoort', The Hague
Participants: 100 (patrons, university lecturers, journalists, members of the diplomatic service, politicians, representatives of the Dutch ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, students and others)
|
| 18-11-2010 |
Education Seminar
|
Breda |
|
|
Date: 18 November
Subject: 'The NATO Summit in Lisbon. A Strategic Reorientation of NATO?'
Speakers: Marianne van Leeuwen (professor, by special appointment, of Modern Transatlantic Relations, University of Amsterdam; Max Valstar (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague) and Sabine Mengelberg (Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda)
Moderators: Wouter van Straten (Netherlands Defence Academy – morning session); Hans Luyendijk (Chairman, Atlantic Education Committee – afternoon session)
In cooperation with: Avans and Fontys Universities; Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA)
Location: Royal Military Academy (KMA), Breda
Participants: 175 (teachers and students of geography, history and social sciences, and others)
|
| 23-11-2010 |
Meeting Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
The Hague |
|
|
Date: 23 November
Subject: Germany's Role in NATO
Speakers: Konrad Arz von Straußenburg (Deputy Ambassador of Germany and Head of the Political Section) and Constantin Zelenty (Politics, Press and Protocol sections, German Embassy)
Location: German Embassy, The Hague
Participants: 6 students and young professionals
|
| 02-12-2010 |
Meeting Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
Amsterdam |
|
|
Date: 2 December
Subject: The Role of the Media in Military Operations and Wars
Speakers: Niels Roelen (author of Soldaat in Uruzgan) and Joeri Boom (editor, De Groene Amsterdammer and author of Als een Nacht met Duizend Sterren)
Moderators: Raymond van Engelen and Arno Hamar de la Brethonière (interns, Netherlands Atlantic Association)
Location: 'Crea Theater', Amsterdam
Participants: 30 students and young professionals
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| 22-12-2010 |
Masterclass Netherlands Atlantic Youth
|
The Hague |
|
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Date: 22 December
Subject: Masterclass Diplomacy
Moderator: Kees Homan (Clingendael Institute)
Location: Clingendael Institute
Participants: 17 members of Netherlands Atlantic Youth
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