Attached to the World: On the Anchoring and Strategy of Dutch Foreign Policy

Attached to the World......Page 4
summary......Page 8
preface......Page 14
1.1 motivation......Page 16
1.2 background......Page 18
1.3 problem definition......Page 22
1.4 limitations and structure of this report......Page 24
Naamloos......Page 26
2.1 tilting of the policy agenda......Page 27
2.1.1 security......Page 28
2.1.2 energy......Page 32
2.1.3 climate......Page 34
2.2.1 foreign policy as a doughnut......Page 35
2.2.2 punching above its weight......Page 36
2.2.3 public opinion as an uncertain factor......Page 39
2.3 towards clear choices and priorities......Page 42
2.3.1 awareness of the global context......Page 43
2.3.2 interest-based prioritising......Page 44
2.3.3 niches as specialisations......Page 51
2.3.4 some examples of niches......Page 52
2.4 conclusion......Page 57
3 europe: arena and link......Page 60
3.1 beyond two mental worlds......Page 61
3.1.1 nato......Page 62
3.1.2 europe as a power bloc…......Page 64
3.1.3 … and europe as a network......Page 65
3.1.4 a new avenue......Page 67
3.2 europe as a political arena......Page 69
3.3 europe as a link to the world stage......Page 71
3.3.1 external policy in the treaty of lisbon......Page 72
3.3.2 the european council......Page 73
3.4 a convoy carrying two flags......Page 74
3.4.1 consequences for the scope of action......Page 75
3.4.2 national and european ambitions......Page 76
3.5.1 sovereign and attached......Page 78
3.5.2 shared european destinies......Page 81
3.6 conclusion......Page 83
4 directing and facilitating......Page 86
4.1.1 ministry of general and european affairs......Page 87
4.1.2 foreign affairs as a technical ministry......Page 91
4.2.1 hgis as a steering instrument......Page 92
4.2.2 made-to-measure network of embassies......Page 94
4.2.3 knowledge beyond international headlines......Page 95
4.3 switching between state and non-state arenas......Page 97
4.3.1 centrality......Page 100
4.3.2 cooperation......Page 101
4.3.3 soft power......Page 104
4.4 conclusion......Page 105
5.1 the netherlands in a changing world......Page 108
5.2.1 tilting of issues......Page 110
5.2.2 consequences for foreign policy......Page 111
5.2.3 strategic choices......Page 112
5.3 reorientation on europe......Page 114
5.4.1 another approach......Page 116
5.4.2 using instruments in a different way......Page 117
5.4.3 goal-orientated cooperation......Page 118
5.5 in conclusion......Page 119
list of abbreviations......Page 120
references......Page 122
list of interviewees......Page 136
appendix 1......Page 142
appendix 2......Page 144
appendix 3......Page 148
appendix 4......Page 150