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 The re-emergence of Jemaah Islamiyah as a potent terrorist force has raised serious questions over the effectiveness of the combined Indonesian and Australian security response.
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10 March 2005
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 A recent report of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) documents widespread intolerance, aggressive political rhetoric and discrimination against Muslims in Europe.
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25 February 2005
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The European Commission invites you to share your views and opinions on EU development policy.
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09 February 2005
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According to Jan Pronk, the top United Nations envoy in Sudan, there is evidence for ongoing "tribal or ethnic cleansing of dozens of villages" in the Dafur region.
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28 January 2005
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Public utilities hold key to securing clean water for all, according to new book launched at the World Social Forum today.
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 The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which is to conclude in Tunis this year, has still some thorny issues to settle. One of these is how to bridge the 'digital divide' between North and South and, in particular, who is going to pay for it.
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18 August 2004
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Research by the Belgian NGO Netwerk Vlaanderen reveals that European banks such as Axa, Dexia, Fortis, ING and KBC invest in controversial weapons systems - including cluster bombs, anti personnel mines, nuclear and uranium weapons.
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05 July 2004
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 Amsterdam, 5 July 2004 - RISQ, an independent foreign policy think tank based in the Netherlands, has joined the Creative Commons, a global alternative to conventional copyrights.
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09 June 2004
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Discovery prompted by concerns about radiation readings.
Engines of two Iraqi surface-to-air missiles have turned up at a scrapyard in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, according to a report by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC).
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When Dutch marines arrived in a base camp near the town of As Samawah, Iraq, to replace American troops last summer, they measured unacceptably high levels of radioactivity. Yet troop transfer from the area was delayed by three weeks, putting both Dutch and American troops at risk of exposure to depleted uranium (DU).
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12 February 2004
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Residents of As Samawah in Southern Iraq are unduly exposed to radioactive debris as Dutch troops stationed in the area refuse to remove remnants of war contaminated with depleted uranium (DU).
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03 February 2004
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Abdul Amir al-Rikabi, held to be a key figure in a reported multi-million dollar deal between the Japanese government and Iraqi 'tribal leaders' to provide protection for Japan's Self Defence Force (SDF) in Iraq, denies his involvement.
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27 January 2004
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The Japanese government is reportedly paying approximately 10 billion yen (€ 75 million or US$ 94 million) to Iraqi tribal leaders to provide bodyguards for the Self Defense Forces (SDF) in Iraq.
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15 January 2004
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A majority of the population in The Netherlands says Dutch military should not be engaged in armed conflicts abroad.
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07 January 2004
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A Dutch marine who had been arrested last week on charges of killing an Iraqi civilian, was released yesterday, when a court ruled that there was not sufficient evidence to hold him in custody any longer.
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27 December 2003
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Finding points to more DU material in the area
Dutch troops stationed in the province of Al Muthanna in Southern Iraq have found a 30 mm round of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition. This has been announced by the Ministry of Defence today. According to RISQ Associate Maarten H.J. van den Berg, the finding points to the presence of more DU material in the area.
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04 December 2003
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RISQ presents two chapters from the book Capitalist Restructuring, Globalisation and the Third Way by Magnus Ryner (Lecturer, Political Science, University of Birmingham). The author argues against the widely held belief that globalisation has rendered social democracy obsolete.
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02 December 2003
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Recently, the Uranium Medical Research Centre (UMRC) conducted a 13-day survey throughout the primary conflict zones in urban and rural areas of central and southern Iraq.
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13 November 2003
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By Arjan El Fassed (Electronic Intifada)
Between 1956 and 2003, Israel has recruited Dutch UN officers to spy in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. This happened during the peaks of the Dutch-Israeli friendship. In its recruitment of Dutch officers for intelligence gathering, Israel regularly used blackmail.
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25 October 2003
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 This week a landmark trial has opened in Ecuador, where rainforest peoples are seeking to force ChevronTexaco to clean up the environmental contamination left behind from Texaco’s drilling operations.
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23 October 2003
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The World Uranium Weapons Conference "The Trojan Horse of Nuclear War", held in Hamburg, Germany has ended with several recommendations.
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13 October 2003
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Press Release
Brussels, 13 October 2003 -- Experts in several disciplines and from eight countries met this weekend to discuss the creation of a strategy for an international ban on the use depleted uranium and other radioactive materials in military weapons. Participants traveled from Belgium, Germany, Japan, Malta, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States to attend a three-day conference held in Berlaar, Belgium on October 10-11-12.
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03 October 2003
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Brazil has been clearing vast stretches of virgin forests to make way for soy plantations. Will it stop under President Lula? Peter Bunyard of The Institute of Science in Society (I-SIS) reports.
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30 September 2003
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One of Israel's most closely guarded secrets is the amount of funding that is channeled to the settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Now, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz is presenting a nearly complete picture of government expenditure on the settlements, adding up to more than US$ 10 billion since 1967.
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29 September 2003
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In Tunisia a new draft 'anti-terrorist' law is bound to further undermine human rights. This is the conclusion of a briefing presented by Amnesty International to the EU-Tunisia Association Council today.
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29 September 2003
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The British government is preparing to remove depleted uranium rounds from service under Ministry of Defence plans to improve the fighting capability of the Army's Challenger II tank. As part of the enhancement programme, the tank will be fitted with a different gun which can fire a wider variety of more effective, and less controversial, ammunition types.
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18 September 2003
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International humanitarian agency Oxfam has released a report highlighting the world’s forgotten wars, arguing that while international attention focuses on the eradication of terrorist threats and the occupation of Iraq, millions are suffering every day in more than 40 violent, neglected conflicts worldwide.
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13 August 2003
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Since we set out to offer free subscriptions three months ago, more than 200 visitors have signed up for the RISQ Newsletter. Thanks to all for your interest. We take it as a sign of your appreciation for the articles we publish...and as an encouragement to continue doing just that.
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10 August 2003
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The US Military Central Command (CENTCOM) denies it has given information to the Dutch government on the use of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition in Iraq. Dutch MPs along with troops stationed in the province of Al Muthanna as part of the UN-backed "stabilisation force in Iraq" (SFIR) have been assured by the government that no such ammunition was used there during the recent conflict.
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