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Democracy under pressure worldwide: 'Türkiye is a textbook example of how countries become autocracies' 05 April 2024What is the state of democracy in developing and transition countries in 2024? Terrible, according to the BTI Transformation Index: only 63 out of 137...
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‘I think an internship is the best way to prepare yourself for a professional life’ 26 March 2024Luis from Germany is a third-year bachelor’s student Security Studies. During his elective space, he did an internship at the German Ministery of Labo...
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Annetje Ottow and Seda Gürkan visit the College of Europe in Bruges 22 March 2024Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University’s Executive Board, and Seda Gürkan, Assistant Professor in European Approaches to Security, Diplomacy an...
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Monica den Boer installed as professor by special appointment Police Studies: ‘The blue line in my life’ 18 March 2024Ideally, she would like to do everything, but as an academic she feels most at ease. Monica den Boer, who has decades of experience within police and ...
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Reconnecting and Reimagining: The MIRD Re-Connect Gala 2024 12 March 2024On 17 February 2024, Leiden University's Scheltema building was abuzz with the energy of the annual MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) R...
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Experts on the war in Ukraine, two years later: ‘Europe learned a lot from the war, do not give up’ 28 February 2024The one-day symposium ‘War in Europe: the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine two years on’ on 23 February got Dutch, Ukrainian and international ...
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‘The Netherlands should also consider the possibility of direct confrontation with Russia’ 19 February 2024There is a real chance of war closer to home, political and military leaders in Europe have warned. Some in the Netherlands are calling for a war econ...
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Firearms incidents in the EU tracked in real-time in online database 15 February 2024Leiden criminologists have co-developed an artificial intelligence technology that tracks the nature and extent of firearm violence in the European Un...
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FGGA in 2023: This was the year of our faculty 13 December 20232023 was another year full of highlights and special moments for the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Find out what the year was like in this...
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Security Studies and Liberal Arts and Sciences (LUC) awarded bronze medal EW Best Studies 2023 29 November 2023The BSc Security Studies and LUC both received a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. This means that students of these programmes are above-average ...
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New book by Tom Buitelaar on the cooperation between the United Nations and the ICC in Congo 14 November 2023On 22 November, Tom Buitelaar, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, presents his new book ‘Assisting International Jus...
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Closing the Gap 2023 is just around the corner: three questions about this conference 13 November 2023On Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 December, the third edition of the Closing the Gap conference will be held in The Hague, hosted by EU Cyber Direct. Thre...
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Alumni panel Crisis and Security Management: ‘Pursue a career you are truly passionate about’ 01 November 2023On Thursday 19 October, the Crisis and Security Management master programme welcomed back six alumni, representing various graduation years, for an al...
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Policing as the dominant theme in Saniye Çelik’s career: from police officer to Professor of Diversity and Inclusion 24 October 2023She started her career in the police force, walking the beat as an officer. Now she has been installed as Professor by Special Appointment of Diversit...
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters 23 October 2023Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book 'The Governmen...