Rem Korteweg
@remkorteweg.bsky.social
Senior Fellow Clingendael Institute, PhD.
Associate Fellow Chatham House
Foreign Policy - Trade - Security
Europe - US - UK/EU
Warning, may post in Dutch!
All posts personal, ofcourse
Associate Fellow Chatham House
Foreign Policy - Trade - Security
Europe - US - UK/EU
Warning, may post in Dutch!
All posts personal, ofcourse
🚨Voorjaar 2026 verschijnt het! 🚨
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨Voorjaar 2026 verschijnt het! 🚨
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
Last poll in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 before today's election appears to suggest a neck-to-neck race between PVV, D66, GroenLinks/PvdA and CDA.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Last poll in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 before today's election appears to suggest a neck-to-neck race between PVV, D66, GroenLinks/PvdA and CDA.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
Shock by-election result in Wales
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Shock by-election result in Wales
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
En, het werd 15%...
July 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
En, het werd 15%...
Out for lunch (for a couple of weeks)
July 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Out for lunch (for a couple of weeks)
This is quite the interview.
Lutnick on what the Trump administration says it has agreed with Japan.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/c...
Lutnick on what the Trump administration says it has agreed with Japan.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/c...
July 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is quite the interview.
Lutnick on what the Trump administration says it has agreed with Japan.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/c...
Lutnick on what the Trump administration says it has agreed with Japan.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/c...
30% tariffs for the EU on August 1.
I don't expect the EU to roll-over. Instead I would expect Brussels to threaten retaliation, with the aim of a last-minute negotiation leading up to the August deadline. But no guarantees.
Let's see whether the markets take this serious (they should!)
I don't expect the EU to roll-over. Instead I would expect Brussels to threaten retaliation, with the aim of a last-minute negotiation leading up to the August deadline. But no guarantees.
Let's see whether the markets take this serious (they should!)
July 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
30% tariffs for the EU on August 1.
I don't expect the EU to roll-over. Instead I would expect Brussels to threaten retaliation, with the aim of a last-minute negotiation leading up to the August deadline. But no guarantees.
Let's see whether the markets take this serious (they should!)
I don't expect the EU to roll-over. Instead I would expect Brussels to threaten retaliation, with the aim of a last-minute negotiation leading up to the August deadline. But no guarantees.
Let's see whether the markets take this serious (they should!)
Ik moest lachen...
July 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Ik moest lachen...
Twee verkiezingen geleden (maart '21) maakten we deze analyse van de partijprogramma's & buitenland/veiligheid beleid
Er is intussen veel veranderd...maar misschien ook niet alles
Op harde veiligheid & defensie zien we verschillende partijen nu weer worstelen
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
Er is intussen veel veranderd...maar misschien ook niet alles
Op harde veiligheid & defensie zien we verschillende partijen nu weer worstelen
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Twee verkiezingen geleden (maart '21) maakten we deze analyse van de partijprogramma's & buitenland/veiligheid beleid
Er is intussen veel veranderd...maar misschien ook niet alles
Op harde veiligheid & defensie zien we verschillende partijen nu weer worstelen
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
Er is intussen veel veranderd...maar misschien ook niet alles
Op harde veiligheid & defensie zien we verschillende partijen nu weer worstelen
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
This is textbook Coercive Diplomacy: use force to bring an adversary to the diplomatic negotiating table
But it is an open question whether it will be succesful, or if the strikes simply empower the hardliners in Iran
But it is an open question whether it will be succesful, or if the strikes simply empower the hardliners in Iran
June 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is textbook Coercive Diplomacy: use force to bring an adversary to the diplomatic negotiating table
But it is an open question whether it will be succesful, or if the strikes simply empower the hardliners in Iran
But it is an open question whether it will be succesful, or if the strikes simply empower the hardliners in Iran
This Lufthansa flight - like many others - has had to adjust quickly to the escalation between Iran and Israel, avoiding both airspaces.
P.s. this is not the shortest route from Delhi to Frankfurt
#geopolitics #airtravel
P.s. this is not the shortest route from Delhi to Frankfurt
#geopolitics #airtravel
June 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This Lufthansa flight - like many others - has had to adjust quickly to the escalation between Iran and Israel, avoiding both airspaces.
P.s. this is not the shortest route from Delhi to Frankfurt
#geopolitics #airtravel
P.s. this is not the shortest route from Delhi to Frankfurt
#geopolitics #airtravel
"Our discussions with them [EU] are going nowhere!"
Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU imports, while the EU is in talks with the US over a.o. the 20% reciprocal tariffs proposed earlier by Trump
Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU imports, while the EU is in talks with the US over a.o. the 20% reciprocal tariffs proposed earlier by Trump
May 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Our discussions with them [EU] are going nowhere!"
Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU imports, while the EU is in talks with the US over a.o. the 20% reciprocal tariffs proposed earlier by Trump
Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU imports, while the EU is in talks with the US over a.o. the 20% reciprocal tariffs proposed earlier by Trump
60% growth in EU exports to the US in March 2025, in anticipation of tariffs
Trade is a rollercoaster
Trade is a rollercoaster
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
60% growth in EU exports to the US in March 2025, in anticipation of tariffs
Trade is a rollercoaster
Trade is a rollercoaster
Anyone remember this?
May 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anyone remember this?
My mood today.
Visited Hadrian's Wall last year...an amazing trip...such a shame
Visited Hadrian's Wall last year...an amazing trip...such a shame
May 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My mood today.
Visited Hadrian's Wall last year...an amazing trip...such a shame
Visited Hadrian's Wall last year...an amazing trip...such a shame
Flight from Frankfurt to Bangkok seems to be taking evasive measures to avoid India-Pakistan escalation...
May 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Flight from Frankfurt to Bangkok seems to be taking evasive measures to avoid India-Pakistan escalation...
Been offline for the past two weeks, travelling.
Just wanted to share these pics of amazing murals I came across...
Just wanted to share these pics of amazing murals I came across...
May 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Been offline for the past two weeks, travelling.
Just wanted to share these pics of amazing murals I came across...
Just wanted to share these pics of amazing murals I came across...
"But it looks as if officials set the tariffs using a formula that takes America's bilateral trade deficit as a share of goods
imported from each country and halves it-which is almost as
random as taxing you on the number of vowels in your name."
(In which case, poor Finns...)
imported from each country and halves it-which is almost as
random as taxing you on the number of vowels in your name."
(In which case, poor Finns...)
April 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"But it looks as if officials set the tariffs using a formula that takes America's bilateral trade deficit as a share of goods
imported from each country and halves it-which is almost as
random as taxing you on the number of vowels in your name."
(In which case, poor Finns...)
imported from each country and halves it-which is almost as
random as taxing you on the number of vowels in your name."
(In which case, poor Finns...)
April 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Elon channeling his inner-Brexiteer
March 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Elon channeling his inner-Brexiteer
Seems relevant to what I'm about to do...
March 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Seems relevant to what I'm about to do...
Euro views of the US have deteriorated since Trump 2.0...
...but the fall is not as sharp as during that other Transatlantic Crisis, the Iraq War (GER: 61 -> 25, UK: 75 -> 48, FR: 63 -> 31)
Then again, favourability ratings of the US were higher to start with in late 2002, as opposed to Nov 2024
...but the fall is not as sharp as during that other Transatlantic Crisis, the Iraq War (GER: 61 -> 25, UK: 75 -> 48, FR: 63 -> 31)
Then again, favourability ratings of the US were higher to start with in late 2002, as opposed to Nov 2024
March 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Euro views of the US have deteriorated since Trump 2.0...
...but the fall is not as sharp as during that other Transatlantic Crisis, the Iraq War (GER: 61 -> 25, UK: 75 -> 48, FR: 63 -> 31)
Then again, favourability ratings of the US were higher to start with in late 2002, as opposed to Nov 2024
...but the fall is not as sharp as during that other Transatlantic Crisis, the Iraq War (GER: 61 -> 25, UK: 75 -> 48, FR: 63 -> 31)
Then again, favourability ratings of the US were higher to start with in late 2002, as opposed to Nov 2024