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Veni grant for Nikki Ikani and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida03 August 2023Nikki Ikani, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida, Assistant Professor at the Le...
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Funding for project on open-source intelligence activists and Russia's war against Ukraine27 July 2023Damien van Puyvelde has received funding (over 47.000 euro) from a new Research Council pilot for his study 'Open-source research and the war in Ukrai...
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Wagner mutiny: social media a source of information for intelligence services27 June 2023Many people were using social media to follow last weekend’s march on Moscow by the Wagner mercenaries. And they weren’t the only ones: intelligence s...
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CSM Course Security Networks and Technology: ‘Governing the security-technology nexus’01 June 2023One of the core concepts of the Master programme Crisis & Security Management (CSM) is ‘governance’. In the course Security Networks and Technology, t...
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Debunking myths about the secret services23 May 2023In her book ‘Diensten met geheimen’ (‘services with secrets’), Willemijn Aerdts uses true stories to cast light on the operating methods of the Dutch...
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Director of the MIVD General Swillens visits ISGA to talk about intelligence cooperation11 January 2023On 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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Farewell Paul Abels as Professor01 June 2022On 25 May, Professor Paul Abels retired as professor by special appointment. Abels has been working as Professor by special appointment Governance of ...
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Video: Is the hypersonic rocket system the new super weapon?01 June 2022Missiles that travel at approximately six thousand kilometres per hour, up to 5 or 6 times the speed of sound. Has Russia used those against Ukraine a...
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Should intelligence services have a ‘licence to kill’?19 May 2022The ‘University of the Netherlands’ is a series of lectures in which academics address topics based on their expertise. In the latest instalment, cult...
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Kluitersprijs for excellent students Minor Intelligence Studies 2021- 202218 May 2022The ‘Kluitersprijs’ is awarded to students who achieve excellent results in the minor Intelligence Studies every year.
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Becoming a terrorist provides income, safety and identity06 May 2022How do people become involved in terrorist organisations? Liesbeth van der Heide sought the answer to this question in a Malian prison, where she inte...
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European foreign policy after a crisis: change and continuity16 March 2022‘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 ...
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Nikki Ikani’s new book on crises and change in European foreign policy08 February 2022Nikki Ikani, Assistant Professor Intelligence and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), has recently published her latest m...
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Kluitersprijs for excellent students Minor Intelligence Studies17 July 2021
Every year, the ‘Kluitersprijs’ is awarded to students who achieve excellent results in the minor Intelligence Studies.
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Four questions about the new track in Crisis and Security Management26 April 2021Intelligence and National Security is the new specialisation in MSc Crisis and Security Management (CSM). It will start next September 2021. Do you wa...