The war in the Gaza Strip, the constant tensions between Israel and Lebanon, the interior divisions in Syria and the dramatic situation in Yemen are the everyday reality of the region, which has not left the headlines of the planet media for decades. For decades, the Netherlands has embodied European prosperity, liberal democracy and the peaceful enjoyment of the alleged peace dividend. Today, this image is fading into the past, and The Hague is facing the brutal realities of contemporary geopolitics. In the next episode of "A Thing About Geopolitics", Mateusz Grzeszczuk talked to Dr. Magdalena El Ghamari, president of the El Karama Foundation and Patryk Kulpok from the "Polderownia" podcast about why the mediate East is closer to us than we think and how the Netherlands is waking up to a fresh safety reality.