Samenvatting

How will social unrest in the Netherlands evolve in the coming years? What consequences and opportunities will arise for the government and the security system? These questions are central to this contribution. As comedian Wim Kan once remarked during the years when the foundation for this journal was laid: ‘Nothing is as difficult as predicting, especially when it concerns the future.’ The development of the future is, after all, a prime example of chaos theory, urging caution and humility. This article, therefore, is no more than a small thought exercise, partly based on recent work on social unrest and the current state of the security system.