News
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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...
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‘Universities and government should take the lead in the fight against cybercrime’ 07 February 2020
From ransomware to Citrix traffic jams: over the past few months Dutch organisations were regularly brought to a standstill by serious cyber attacks. ...
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers Public Diplomacy Workshop to Masters Students 07 February 2020
On 3 February the Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague hosted an experimental workshop in collaboration with the Netherlands Ministry...
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Dies natalis: ‘Collaboration requires firm grounding in the individual disciplines’ 06 February 2020
‘Collaboration is increasingly important,’ Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker said at the 445th Dies Natalis of Leiden University on 7 February. But, as ...
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers Public Diplomacy Workshop to Masters Students 06 February 2020
On February 3rd, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs in The Hague hosted an experimental workshop in collaboration with the Netherlands Minis...
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4 questions for Daan Weggemans, new programme director for bachelor Security Studies 31 January 2020
As of 1 January 2020 Daan Weggemans has succeeded Ruth Prins as programme director of the bachelor Security Studies. We asked him several questions ab...
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De Roy van Zuijdewijn gave a speech during Meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh (IS) 30 January 2020
Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn was invited to give the subject matter expert speech during the plenary meeting of the working groups of the Global Coal...