Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Summary
- Preface
- 1 Motivation and Background: An Introduction
- 2 From Fragmentation to Strategy
- 3 Europe: Arena and Link
- 4 Directing and Facilitating
- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- List of Abbreviations
- References
- List of Interviewees
- Appendix 1 The Interrelatedness of the Dutch EconomY
- Appendix 2 The Interrelatedness of the Netherlands With other Nations
- Appendix 3 The Dutch Network of Embassies in a Comparative Perspective
- Appendix 4 Sovereignty in Eu Member States: A Comparison
Appendix 3 - The Dutch Network of Embassies in a Comparative Perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Summary
- Preface
- 1 Motivation and Background: An Introduction
- 2 From Fragmentation to Strategy
- 3 Europe: Arena and Link
- 4 Directing and Facilitating
- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- List of Abbreviations
- References
- List of Interviewees
- Appendix 1 The Interrelatedness of the Dutch EconomY
- Appendix 2 The Interrelatedness of the Netherlands With other Nations
- Appendix 3 The Dutch Network of Embassies in a Comparative Perspective
- Appendix 4 Sovereignty in Eu Member States: A Comparison
Summary
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has about 150 official representations abroad, including 111 embassies and 15 permanent representations to international organisations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, www.mfa.nl). Comparing these numbers with other countries’ networks of embassies is not an exact science. Recent figures cannot always be obtained, and criteria for what counts as an embassy are interpreted in different ways. The rankings below, therefore, are indicative. Nevertheless, it is clear that the Netherlands falls just out of the top 10 of most comprehensive embassy networks (Table 1).
If we take the number of embassies per inhabitant as our starting point, the Netherlands falls just inside the top 10 (Table 2).
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- Attached to the WorldOn the Anchoring and Strategy of Dutch Foreign Policy, pp. 147 - 148Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2012