We have an integrated picture of the threat from outside and from within that is provided not only to our foreign ministers but also to our justice and interior ministers.

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• Gijs de Vries:

  There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the wo

• Gijs de Vries:

  In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights vio

• Gijs de Vries:

  The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims

• Gijs de Vries:

  It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and intern

• Gijs de Vries:

  In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality

• Gijs de Vries:

  If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.

• Gijs de Vries:

  If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally

• Gijs de Vries:

  If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sid

• Gijs de Vries:

  The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

• Gijs de Vries:

  There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly i