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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change? 20 March 2023
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 ‘lo...
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Photo report Career Prep 15 March 2023
On Thursday 2 March, Career Prep took place at the end of the afternoon for the third time this year. Enthusiastic students were able to participate a...
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Meet & Mix: Speed dating with Traineeships: 'Thanks to the event, I have a clearer idea about what I want to do after my studies' 15 March 2023
On Wednesday 8 March, the 'Meet & Mix: ‘Speed dating with Traineeships’ event took place in Wijnhaven. Trainees, employees and HR advisers from differ...
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Rianne Scheerhoorn: 'I am extremely happy that I joined the Central Government Traineeship Programme' 15 March 2023
Rianne Scheerhoorn is a government trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Qua...
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Two Security Studies students took part in the 2023 SAGANET Awards finals 01 March 2023
On 23 February, Daniel Somart and Karolina Wróbel, students of the Bachelor Security Studies took part in the 2023 SAGANET Awards, a competition in wh...
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Valentina Carraro offers recommendations on strengthening the UN system 14 February 2023
At an international high-level conference, Valentina Carraro, Deputy Coordinator of the interdisciplinary programme Global Transformations and Governa...
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between ISGA and Fukushima University 13 February 2023
Last January Jake Wright and Andrea Bartolucci of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) traveled to Japan and visited some Japanese Inst...
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Two ISGA research projects receive NWO Open Competition grant 13 February 2023
A total of 21 Leiden researchers have successfully applied for the NWO SGW Open Competition XS. Two of the rewarded projects come from FGGA researcher...
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‘Radicalisation is the logical consequence of how we live together’ 31 January 2023
With radicalisation, most people will think of individuals who carry out terrorist attacks as part of a certain ideology. Professor of Radicalisation ...
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Director of the MIVD General Swillens visits ISGA to talk about intelligence cooperation 11 January 2023
On 15 December, Director of the MIVD General Jan Swillens, visited the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) to give a lecture on internatio...
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FGGA in 2022: This was the year for our Faculty 22 December 2022
We started this year as we ended it in 2021: in a lockdown. But the world continues to open up. We are occasionally allowed to go into the office and ...
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Photo report: Book launch 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas 20 December 2022
Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, organised a book launch for his new book: 'Ruminatio...
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Being a guest teacher during master: how do BrainTrain students experience high-school visits? 19 December 2022
The outreach and engagement platform BrainTrain consists of five enthusiastic students of the masters programme Forensic Family Science. As part of th...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen about resilience research and public engagement on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad 14 December 2022
In a one-hour interview on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about her research into the role friendships in adolescent...
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Parliamentary briefing on Ukraine report 12 December 2022
The Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) recently published its report ‘The war in Ukraine: A geopolitical shock to the system’. On 7...