01092nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653002200052653002000074653002200094653002500116100002100141245007400162300001000236490000700246520065700253       2009                            d  c200910aNational security10aRisk Assessment10asecurity strategy10astrategic plan­ning1 aMichel Rademaker00aNational Security Strategy of the Netherlands: An Innovative Approach  a51-610 v233 a<p>The defence and security community is faced with deep uncertainty. Strategic planning can no longer be performed in the traditional way. External and internal security are closely interlinked and this means that security planning should be organised in a more interlinked manner too. This article describes how a national security strategy is being developed in the Netherlands in a strongly interagency-oriented way. Not threat driven but values and capabilities oriented. This is a very innovative and challenging process that is underway at the moment. Attention in this article is paid to the process and methodology to realise the strategy.</p>