News
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‘China is rapidly expanding its influence’ 16 April 2020
China makes no secret of its ambitions to become the world’s leading nation. What can we expect now that the EU and the rest of the world are in reces...
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Corona crisis: ‘People want analysis, not emotion’ 14 April 2020
‘There’s a lot of evaluation in the Netherlands, but this doesn’t always lead to change,’ says Wout Broekema, Assistant Professor of Crisis Governance...
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Appointment Marieke Liem: Professor Social Resilience and Security 06 April 2020
As part Leiden University's interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience and Security, dr. Marieke Liem has been appointed Professor Security and Int...
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‘The new online teaching methods may also come in useful later’ 01 April 2020
Lecturers had a week to convert their courses to online teaching. An enormous challenge because remote teaching was definitely not commonplace at Leid...
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Jan Melissen on academic opportunities around diplomacy 12 March 2020
Jan Melissen is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University, and Professor of Diplomacy at the University of ...
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Ethics in counterterrorism: do you sacrifice one person to save ten? 09 March 2020
Counterterrorism specialists often have to contend with difficult ethical dilemmas. There is currently a lack of any adequate infrastructure within in...
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What MH17 has taught us about international disaster investigations 09 March 2020
For the Dutch Safety Board (DSB), the investigation into the MH17 plane crash was unprecedented in scope. It wasn’t easy, but it provided valuable les...
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Launch of the seventh edition of the European Cyber Security Perspectives 04 March 2020
On 4 March, KPN published the seventh edition of the European Cyber Security Perspectives. Els De Busser and Tommy van Steen, both Assistant Professor...
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How Charles Darwin can help us understand terrorism 02 March 2020
In the past decades terrorists have regularly surprised us with unexpected and spectacular attacks, such as the one on the World Trade Centre in New Y...
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Victims at the Crossroads: 'Slachtoffers op het Kruispunt' 25 February 2020
Dr. Pauline Aarten researches what impact traffic accidents have on victims and their relatives and how we can improve their situation. This research ...
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Nikki Sterkenburg Discusses Extreme Right Activism in Dutch Newspaper Trouw and on Dutch News Programme RTL Nieuws 24 February 2020
On Wednesday 19 February an extreme right activist killed nine people in the German city of Hanau. A pattern can be discerned in the attacks that occu...
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Open Call: Creation of Two SPOCs (Small Private Online Course) for Cyber Specialization 24 February 2020
For the cyber specialization within the master program Crisis and Security Management, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) seeks to pr...
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Willemijn Aerdts appointed to peace and security committee 20 February 2020
On 27 January 2020, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has appointed Willemijn Aerdts as a member of the permanent committee on peace and security. The ...
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Four Leiden professors appointed to KHMW 20 February 2020
Four Leiden University professors have been appointed to The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. Andrea Evers, Erwin Muller, Sjaak Neefj...
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Vlad Niculescu-Dincă appointed Knight of the Romanian Order "Merit for Education" 20 February 2020
Dr. Vlad Niculescu-Dincă (Institute of Security and Global Affairs) has been appointed a Knight of the Order “Merit for Education” through a decree of...