In the media
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The role of chemical weapons in the Ukraine conflict23 December 2024Anneleen van der Meer, assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), discusses Russia's alleged use of chemical weapons ...
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now20 December 2024Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports re...
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Bart Custers about extremists on Telegram19 December 2024Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that...
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Eric Storm's book Nationalism in Wall Street Journal: "The conventional understanding of the nation does not reflect reality"19 December 2024The Wall Street Journal reviews historian Eric Storm's new book 'Nationalism: A World History', which examines the complex history and development of ...
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Daniel Schade in The Washington Post: 'Schengen hasn't been fully functioning as intended since 2015'19 December 2024More European countries are introducing border controls, clashing with the ideal of free movement within Europe. Daniel Schade, Assistant Professor of...
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year19 December 2024Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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Simone van der Hof: ‘Banning social media solves nothing’18 December 2024The Australian Parliament recently passed a law banning social media for children younger than 16. This solves nothing, argues Simone van der Hof, Pro...
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Psychology Media Presentation 202417 December 2024Also in 2024, our colleagues from the Institute of Psychology were visible in the media in various ways. Check out their appearances in Dutch media, f...
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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse15 December 2024Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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New legislation is crucial for surrogacy11 December 2024Surrogacy has a long history, but the Netherlands lacks legislation in this area. This is badly needed, university lecturers Kartica van der Zon and D...
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Current and proposed Dutch asylum policy09 December 2024Many countries are tightening the screws on their migration policies to make them less attractive to asylum seekers. Mark Klaassen, university lecture...
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To what extent is the public interest considered in the corporate sector?03 December 2024Companies are increasingly being urged to not only generate financial returns, but also to consider the public interest. Tom Barkhuysen, Professor of ...
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Trump's trade war introducing unilateral trade tariffs violates treaty02 December 2024Terminating the Trade Treaty between the US, Mexico and Canada, as Trump intends, violates the treaty and also has implications for labour law, says e...
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European Court of Auditors: multinationals still adept at tax avoidance02 December 2024Multinationals in the Netherlands and across Europe continue to avoid paying tax. Tax revenue losses can amount to €100 billion a year. A report by th...
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Allowing foreign medicines violates Medicines Act29 November 2024The Netherlands is seeing an acute shortage of medicines. Research by Dutch newspaper ‘NRC’ shows that almost one in seven Dutch patients now relies o...