{"id":18766,"date":"2019-02-04T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T10:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nimd.org\/power-and-politics-in-the-age-of-populism-a-networking-event\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T07:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:52:02","slug":"power-and-politics-in-the-age-of-populism-a-networking-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nimd.org\/nl\/power-and-politics-in-the-age-of-populism-a-networking-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Macht en politiek in het tijdperk van populisme: Een netwerkevenement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Op 30 januari hield het NIMD een netwerkevenement voor Nederlandse ambassadeurs van over de hele wereld.<\/p>\n<p>Het evenement, georganiseerd met steun van de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/ministries\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken<\/a>bood een uitstekende gelegenheid voor NIMD om voort te bouwen op onze connecties met Nederlandse ambassadeurs uit onze <a href=\"https:\/\/nimd.org\/nl\/where-we-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programmalanden<\/a>\u00a0maar ook meer te weten komen over het werk van het ministerie over de hele wereld.<\/p>\n<p>Na een welkomstwoord door Eimert van Middelkoop, voorzitter van de Raad van Toezicht van NIMD en voormalig minister van Defensie, werden de deelnemers uitgenodigd om na te denken over het hoofdthema van de avond: macht en politiek in het tijdperk van populisme. De discussie ging over hoe diplomaten en organisaties die democratie ondersteunen, waaronder NIMD, zich kunnen aanpassen aan recente veranderingen in het politieke landschap.<\/p>\n<p>De discussie begon met een openingstoespraak door\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TFletcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Fletcher CMG<\/a>. Hij kon zijn enorme ervaring als voormalig adviseur buitenlands beleid en Brits ambassadeur in Libanon gebruiken om nieuwe inzichten te verschaffen, wat leidde tot een inzichtelijke en brede discussie.<\/p>\n<p>NIMD en de ambassadeurs stelden een aantal aannames op onze vakgebieden ter discussie, maar doken ook dieper in de gevolgen van trends als digitale technologie, populisme en een gebrek aan vertrouwen in politieke instellingen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\"We moeten leren van enkele van de belangrijkste trends die ten grondslag liggen aan<br \/>\nrecente politieke gebeurtenissen. Ze omvatten een afname in vertrouwen, een perceptie van <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/inequality?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ijnkwaliteit<\/a> en technologische verandering.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TFletcher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TFletcher<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g958oBzY1v\">pic.twitter.com\/g958oBzY1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- NIMD (@WeAreNIMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreNIMD\/status\/1090690302866870272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30 januari 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wat kunnen we bevorderen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/democracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#democratie<\/a>? Volgens <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TFletcher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TFletcher<\/a>: We hebben nederigheid nodig, we moeten bouwen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trust?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rust<\/a>en we moeten technologie innovatiever gebruiken. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_inndem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_inndem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- NIMD (@WeAreNIMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreNIMD\/status\/1090691228562264069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">30 januari 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 January, NIMD held a networking event for Dutch Ambassadors from around the world. 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