title: Dutch Security and Defence Policy
abstract: Since the Cold War, Dutch governments have been convinced that NATO was the cornerstone of the Netherlands’ security and defence policy. A European Army or every move away from the strong ties with the US and the UK was fiercely rejected. Even when relations with the US were tense, the Netherlands upheld the “faithful ally” narrative. In the past couple of decades, the Netherlands were convinced that building European Union security and defence policy would lead to competition and the underminin