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Take our Europe quiz08 May 2026On Europe Day (9 May), we celebrate the creation of the European Union. How well do you know the EU? Take part in our quiz on unexpected and interesti...
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Niels van Willigen starts as Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies09 April 2026Starting April 2026, Niels van Willigen will join the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences...
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How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis?Current affairs 24 March 2026The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts,...
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ERC-funded research uncovers the role of stereotypes in citizens’ support for EU policy13 March 2026Two years after launching an ERC Starting Grant to investigate cultural stereotyping in European Union governance, Adina Akbik and Christina Toenshoff...
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Why the Netherlands should repatriate foreign terrorist fighters and their familiesPhD defence 05 March 2026Dozens of Dutch nationals are being held in detention facilities in Northeast Syria or have been transferred to Iraq, risking torture or the death pen...
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War in the Middle East: What are the implicationsAnalysis 03 March 2026The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domin...
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Four years of war in Ukraine: what Europe can learn from the battlefieldAnalysis 25 February 2026Four years of war in Ukraine have transformed the nature of warfare, with drones, digital defence systems and improvised solutions shaping the battlef...
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MEPs’ visit highlights importance of knowledge about Global SouthKnowledge institutions 03 February 2026Two MEPs visited Leiden University on Friday 30 January. Their visit underscored the vital importance of the university’s expertise on Africa, Asia an...
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Could restricting EU free movement help tackle brain drain?03 February 2026Eastern and Southern European countries struggle with ‘brain drain’ as skilled workers move to other EU Member States. Could restricting free movement...
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From sovereignty at sea to self-determination: the geopolitics of GreenlandCurrent affairs 22 January 2026Who holds rights to Greenland’s surrounding waters and natural resources? Which interests are at stake and for whose benefit? We put these questions t...
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How European blind spots strengthen the shadow orderInterview 19 January 2026As a strategy and international security specialist, Julien Bastrup-Birk (41) has advised both NATO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime a...
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Ukraine, Gaza, climate and migration: Geopolitics increasingly on the municipality’s plateInterview 24 November 2025From cities that sometimes deviate from national foreign policy to the direct influence of geopolitics on local developments, PhD candidate Pieter Jer...
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Banned almost–prime minister of Thailand: ‘Politics must be moral and realistic’Interview 17 November 2025Pita Limjaroenrat (45) was set to become Thailand’s next prime minister, but in 2024 the Thai Constitutional Court dissolved his progressive Move Forw...
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Was Suriname expensive or not? ‘The economic situation has never been properly assessed’14 October 2025His Surinamese neighbours in Amsterdam gave Russia expert and economic historian Isaac Scarborough an idea: a re-evaluation of the Surinamese economy ...
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Patchwork of police checks across Schengen area04 April 2025The Schengen countries officially abolished border controls, but checks actually still exist. Maartje van der Woude has written a book about these vei...