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It has been determined: Mark Rutte will develop into the brand new Secretary Basic of NATO. He succeeds Jens Stoltenberg and turns into the fourth Dutchman to carry the best workplace on the alliance.
Within the podcast De Dag, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer talks concerning the lifetime of a NATO boss and Dirk Stikker’s son, Allerd Stikker (96), reminisces about his father and what NATO meant to him.
Anna van Zoest, director of the Atlantic Fee, outlines the complexity of the job and why the Netherlands has such an enormous position in NATO. Lastly, political reporter Wilco Increase explains what the Netherlands would profit from having a Dutchman on the prime of NATO.
This episode and the opposite episodes about 75 years of NATO to hearken to within the main podcast apps.
Within the context of 75 years of NATO, podcast De Dag made a collection concerning the alliance. From its origins in 1949 to the one time that the well-known ‘Article 5’ on mutual help got here into drive. And what was it like to hold out bombing raids over Serbia on behalf of NATO? That is what the Dutch F16 pilot who participated says.
Episode 1: Allies
On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, with the Netherlands as one of many twelve founding events. Professor of Navy Historical past Jan Hoffenaar explains how the alliance developed over time. And America correspondent Rudy Bouma goes to the place the place the NATO treaty was signed in 1949. NATO correspondent Kysia Hekster talks concerning the newest member of the NATO tree: Sweden.
Episode 2: The Enemy. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer concerning the growing Russian risk and the way he personally skilled it as Secretary Basic, Russia correspondent Geert Groot Koerkamp about Putin’s frustrations concerning the enlargement of NATO and a glance contained in the Limburg NATO bunker from which the Russians the Chilly Warfare had been monitored 24/7.
Episode 3: NATO in motion. Former soldier Martijn Kitzen went to Afghanistan for NATO. F-16 pilot Marcel Duivestein carried out bombing raids as a part of a mission over Bosnia and later Kosovo. Germany correspondent Chiem Balduk about ally Germany, which for a very long time was very reluctant inside NATO on a navy degree.
Episode 4: Two p.c. NATO correspondent Kysia Hekster explains how NATO’s monetary coverage works behind the scenes and on the barracks in Eibergen, Basic Tak explains the place the cash is invested. In line with pacifist Reinoud Doeschot, investing in warfare supplies will not be the answer. And is a potential departure of the Individuals from NATO actually on the agenda?
