Essays and opinion by Rendell de Kort
Pieces that carry the argument of The Conch Paradox into live policy and resilience debates. These are the author's own writing, not reviews of the book. For coverage of the book itself, see the press page.
Rendell de Kort · Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties (opinie) · 31 May 2026
A Dutch opinion piece applying the book's framework to the landspakket reform agenda for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, reading it through the structural, directional and behavioural dimensions of the conch paradox and asking whether it builds resilience or erodes the buffers, decision capacity and feedback loops resilience requires.
"De queen conch die op de omslag van mijn boek staat, dankt zijn overleven aan de structuur waarin hij leeft. Diezelfde structuur kan hem het overleven gunnen of het juist ontnemen. Voor de eilanden geldt iets vergelijkbaars."Read on Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties →
Rendell de Kort · World Economic Forum Agenda · February 2026
WEF Agenda piece that frames the conch paradox as a critique of mainstream resilience thinking, with the queen conch as the lens for understanding how protection becomes constraint.
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