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The Huygens Institute and its forerunners have in the past devoted various source publications to the foreign policy of the Netherlands. Between 1972 and 2004, The Netherlands published a chronological document series, covering the years between 1848 and 1945. The post-1945 period has been covered in a number of thematic series, respectively on Dutch-Indonesian relations, Dutch development cooperation, the Netherlands and European integration.
Documents concerning the foreign policy of the Netherlands, 1848-1945
Description of scope: This series contains two sequential publication projects of source materials, respectively covering that the periods 1848-1919 and 1919-1945. The publications comprise a selection of documents that together provide a reconstruction of Dutch foreign policy along main lines. The period 1931-1940 is almost entirely based on collections other than that of Foreign Affairs, because this ministry destroyed its archives at the outbreak of the Second World War.
Publication form: Print and digital
Development cooperation, 1945-1989
Description of scope: This project consists of edited documents that trace the evolution of international development cooperation policies pursued by the Dutch government. These are presented in the form of a chronological source edition, in book form, arranged around sixteen main policy themes.
Publication form: Print and digital
The Netherlands and European integration, 1950-1986
Scope: Thematic
Description: This is a database comprised of key documents on Dutch policy towards European integration, from the introduction of the Schuman Plan in 1950 to the signing of the Single European Act in 1986.
Status: Completed
Publication form: Searchable database