Dirk-Jan van Baar
Dirk-Jan van Baar is a historian and journalist, writing for the Dutch news magazine HP/De Tijd and news blog De Dagelijkse Standaard, among others.
Updated: 5 December 2011
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Nobel Prize: Another push for peace
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Geopolitics: It’s too early to write Europe off
5 December 20111634 De Volkskrant Amsterdam
On December 10, the EU is going to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The question is whether this award is justified, given the ongoing euro crisis and the growing discontent. A Dutch historian argues that the award offers the perfect opportunity for Europeans to remind themselves of the European pacification process because now is the time for them to realise that European peace is not a matter of course. 
Economic power is not the only criterion for global power. What matters is how political systems respond to new crises. And from this perspective, the EU is still in with a chance, writes Dutch historian Dirk-Jan van Baar.