Jaap de Zwaan is Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations �lingendael� Edwin Bakker is Head of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme. Sico van der Meer is a Research Fellow working in the Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme.

• 1. Foreword Bernard Bot; 2. Reflecting the world: impressions from a Dutch perspective Jaap de Zwaan; 3. Reflecting on the purpose, past and present of the Clingendael Institute Paul Meerts; 4. Between false promises and fair practice: institutions and deinstitutionalization in the field of international security Ko Colijn; 5. Global governance and the relevance of social power Peter van Ham; 6. United States and Europe: two befriended giants in a changing global landscape Willem Post; 7. Russia's foreign and security policy: the return of the empire? Marcel de Haas; 8. China's post-Olympic rise and its place in the global concert of nations Willem van Kemenade; 9. Europe and China in international conflict management: rivals and partners Frans Paul van der Putten and Emma van der Meulen; 10. Recuperating the European Union's foreign policy machinery: beyond institutional fixes Louise van Schaik; 11. Closing the gap: perspectives on how to tackle the EU's legitimacy crisis Mendeltje van Keulen; 12. How to repair the legitimacy deficit in the war on terror: a special court for dealing with international terrorism? Bibi van Ginkel; 13. Europol and the external dimension of the EU's justice and home affairs policy Roos Toxopeus and Willy Bruggeman; 14. Energy and climate: bridging the geopolitical gaps Stephan Slingerland and Stijn van den Heuvel; 15. Turmoil on the international oil markets: getting used to production capacity constraints Warner ten Kate and Lucia van Geuns; 16. Fragile states: state building is not enough Louise Anten; 17. How rogue states play the game: the case of North Korea's nuclear programme Sico van der Meer; 18. Iran and the European predicament Alfred Pijpers; 19. The Netherlands armed forces promoting the international rule of law and stability: matching ambitions, structures and funds Edwin Bakker and Kees Homan.