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Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the military operations led by WEU (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, looks at the various military actions led by WEU, in particular in strategic areas where the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was unable to act.
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: WEU operations in the Adriatic Sea during the Yugoslav conflict (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, recalls the military operations led by WEU in the Adriatic during the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, emphasising the practical approach and how its actions complemented those of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the interventions led by WEU and their limitations (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, describes the interventions conducted by WEU in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular the police operation in Mostar from 1994 to 1996, as well as the reasons for the non-intervention in the African Great Lakes region.
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the Petersberg tasks and WEU as the ‘defence arm' of the European Union (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, describes WEU’s role as the ‘defence arm’ of the European Union in carrying out the Petersberg tasks.
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: criticism of WEU’s military operations (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, answers the criticism levelled by some experts regarding the small scale of the military operations led by WEU.