Ivo van Wijk (MA) is a self-funded PhD student. He currently works at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden.

Prof.dr. F.W.A. Korsten dr. S.A. Polak

Prof.dr. L. van den Herik dr. C. Paulussen Summary Following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, tens of thousands of foreigners traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations. These individuals have been referred to as ‘foreign terrorist fighters’ (FTFs).…

Ying-ting Wang is Lecturer and PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Nikki Ikani, Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), has recently published her latest monograph 'Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy' with Manchester University Press.

Evelyn Bosma is Assistant Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Casper Wits is a University Lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. His research focuses on postwar diplomatic and international history in East Asia, with a special interest in the development of Chinese and Japanse foreign policy and Sino-Japanese relations in this period. He also takes an interest…

‘Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy.’ That is the title of Nikki Ikani’s book that was published last month. We asked the writer five questions about her book. Presentation: 5 & 20 April.

Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘low profile’ foreign policy. Friso Stevens explains in his dissertation where this change has come from. The dissertation defence is on 28 March.

Salvador Santino Regilme (born 1986) is an interdisciplinary researcher of International Relations and human rights, and he is a tenured Associate Professor of International Relations (Universitair hoofddocent) based at the Institute of History at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Born in the Philippines…

Müge Kinacioglu is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Political Science.

American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe. He has been awarded a Vidi grant to research and rewrite this popular narrative.

I am a scholar whose research focuses on the modern and contemporary United States. Though a historian by training, my work engages with insights from other disciplines, particularly international relations and American politics. I am currently the principal investigator on the NWO Vidi-funded project…

Martijn van Ette is a PhD-candidate at Leiden's Institute for History. Being part of Dr. Andrew Gawthorpe's NWO-funded project that focusses on American foreign policy and (il)liberalism, he focuses on Southeast Asia and the perceptions that shaped America's strategic interpretations of the region.

Working as a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: for many students it would be their dream. Alumnus Tom Groot Haar is busy making it a reality. 'My career seems like a preconceived plan, but it wasn't.'

Maximilian Wachter is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science.

Alfred van Staden has been Professor of International Relations at Leiden University since 1980.

Jan Melissen is a Senior Fellow International Relations and Diplomacy at ISGA. He is lecturing Diplomacy Theory and Practice and Diplomacy and Communication in the Master of Science International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD).

Trail, FGGA’s internship platform will be one-year old in November. In the upcoming weeks, we will be interviewing some FGGA students who went on internships. What did they learn from their internships? And what tasks were assigned to them?

As of 1 June, foreign travel is again permitted, albeit with certain restrictions. If you want to travel to a red or orange list area, the University’s International Incident Team (IIT) plays an important role. What do they take into account in your application? We asked Leo Harskamp, Head of Security…

Eric Storm’s book Nationalism: A World History has been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement and Foreign Affairs.

Compared to suspects with the Dutch nationality, foreign nationals face court proceedings more often and are given a prison sentence more often than Dutch suspects. This was the outcome of research conducted by Hilde Wermink, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, and American sociologist Michael…

Bert Koenders, professor of Peace, Law and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, has been appointed chairman of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV), or foreign policy.

Natasja Delbar is a PhD researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. She is currently researching speech production mechanisms in young children, and she is a part of the PerPLex project, which focuses on the relationship between speech production and speech perception in toddlers.

Renfei Bai is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Catherine Wood is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History. She is a member of Dr. Andrew Gawthorpe’s US Foreign Policy and Liberalism research group, which is funded by a Vidi grant from the NWO. Within the group, she focuses on modernization and development.

I-Hsien Lin is a lecturer at the Institute for Area Studies.

Karolina Pomorska is a Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor in International Relations at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science.

The United States used threats to influence the nuclear programs of Iran, Libya and South Africa. How effective was this diplomatic coercion?

Geopolitical developments are unfolding at a rapid pace. The world is in flux: the US is hinting at Greenland, protests are spreading in Iran, and the UN and NATO are scrambling to respond to a fast-changing international landscape. Many of our researchers have already shared their analysis of…

Joram van Ketel teaches psychology and statistics at the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University. Additionally, he’s a musician and works as a thesis supervisor at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague. He’s also a member of the Music Brain and Health Technology Lab in Leiden.

Carina van de Wetering is Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science

When Petra Sijpesteijn became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, she was the only Dutch member with an appointment at a Dutch university. Two years later, she is also the only Dutch member of the Austrian Academy and officially joined the British Academy on 7 October.

Hannah De Mulder is a University Lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics.

Cecilia-Louise von Ilsemann is a scholarship PhD candidate at the History and International Studies Section, Institute for History, Leiden University. Her research focus is on Southeast Asian state’s foreign policy behavior in the contemporary American-Chinese great power rivalry. She researches foreign…

Daniel Schade is a Lecturer in European Studies and International Relations at Leiden University. His research focuses on the European Union and its external relations regime, in particular.

Dr. Nikki Ikani is Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security. Her key interests are European Security and processes of warning and anticipation of international crises. Her work connects the fields of International Relations, Public Administration and Intelligence Studies. In 2023, Nikki won a NWO…

Dr Maxine David is a Lecturer in European Studies at Leiden University. She is a Foreign Policy analyst, specialising in Russian and EU foreign policy. She has co-edited and contributed to a number of special issues and edited collections on EU-Russia relations. Maxine also researches and has published…

I am a South African IR scholar whose research interest is questioning Western-centric narratives and making sense of international relations from the perspectives of the global South, particularly Africa. Before joining Leiden University in 2017, I was based at the University of Cape Town, where I…

Hilde van Meegdenburg is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science.

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University. She has a background in Liberal Arts & Sciences (BA) and History of International Relations (MA – cum laude) and completed a PhD on responses to terrorism in 2021.

Matthew Broad is a Lecturer in the History of International Relations at Leiden. He has previously held positions as a Jean Monnet Scholar at the European Studies Centre, University of Pittsburgh, an EU-funded Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Contemporary History and Political Science,…

Nicolas Blarel is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science.

Niels van Leeuwen is enrolled in the Master Public Administration: Economics & Governance. During the first stage of his master, he did an internship in the United States, at the economic affairs department of the Royal Netherlands Consulate General in Chicago. ‘There are more ways that lead to Rome…

Seda Gürkan is Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA). She is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges campus.

Dr. Niels van Willigen is an associate professor of international relations and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Institute of Political Science.

Costume dramas would have us believe that women in the Middle Ages became mothers at a much younger age than they do today. University lecturer Krista Milne wants to refute this image with the help of an NWO XS grant. ‘In the past, not all data was taken into account.’

Morena Skalamera is Assistant Professor of Russian and International Studies. She teaches courses in international political economy, with a regional focus on Russia and Eurasia. Her research interests include the political economy of Eurasia, Russian and post-Soviet Politics, and the Geopolitics of…