The Myth of the 'Open' Border The real myth of borders is not that they are open or that control thereof is beyond our capacities, but that movement is somehow ‘free’. Moving across borders entails exercising privileges, and these privileges are not distributed equally. Stef Wittendorp • 15-07-2019
Book Review: R. Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations It is the kind of daring operations that secured the reputation of Israeli intelligence in the international public imagination as a ruthless and effective organization. Stef Wittendorp • 26-11-2018
Understanding Europol in three dilemmas In their effort to become a meaningful actor as an information-sharing hub in the context of counter-terrorism, Europol struggles with deep-rooted dilemmas that have been present since the organization’s inception. Stef Wittendorp • 20-02-2018
What Security Studies can tell us about a storm Even a 'simple' storm can provoke many security practices and routines on different levels of society. Stef Wittendorp • 19-01-2018
What Trump’s travel ban reveals (and obscures) about the EU’s own border politics EU external border control has for years produced similar exclusions as American travel bans under the Trump administration. The EU policy hasn't been subject to spontaneous upheavals of protest by European citizens comparable to Trump’s measure. Stef Wittendorp • 13-03-2017
What’s in a definition? Is the proposed EU Directive on Combating Terrorism still about terrorism? New European Union legislation makes it possible to be convicted for terrorism, without the offence being actually committed. This leads to less legal certainty on the phenomenon of terrorism. Stef Wittendorp • 25-07-2016
