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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 …

Dit paper analyseert de Nederlandse defensie-uitgaven van 1990 tot en met 2007. In 1990 bedroegen deze uitgaven nog 2,7% van het Bruto Nationaal Product (BNP). In 2007 was dit meer dan een procent lager. De Nederlandse krijgsmacht heeft zich in de afgelopen jaren in termen van taakuitvoering, grootte …

The research question of this study is 'To what extent shows the response of the UN Security Council to the conflict in Darfur a shift from the norm of Westphalian sovereignty towards the norm of 'sovereignty as responsibility'? Three periods are analyzed: the initial reaction of the Security Council …