Zwaardmacht als Nederlandse bijzonderheid

Samenvatting

The article presents the opinion of the author on the absence of power politics in the Netherlands. According to the author the Netherlands is a ripe state, which has seen the unfortunate splitting in 1939. The author says that in the race of European integration and globalization the state of the Netherlands have been kept together firmly by national politicians. He says that despite going through such traumas in the past, the nation is still totally unaware of the power politics.