What’s up with WhatsApp Neighbourhood Watch?

WhatsApp neighbourhood prevention teams are increasingly popular in the Netherlands. However, there are moral implications related to the technologically mediated practices of those teams.

Nils Dalmeijer and Vlad Niculescu-Dincă • February 04, 2019 • 1 comment

Yellow Vests

What kind of political protest are we facing? Above all, the Yellow Vests reveal a crisis of political legitimacy and political representation.

Jelle van Buuren • January 28, 2019

The Ottawa Treaty on Landmines: Time for Rejuvenation

The Mine Ban Convention is weakened due to the development of new types of mines and assymetric conflicts. It is time to revise the treaty to make it fit for the 21st century.

Nils Hegel • January 24, 2019

Responding to terror: dealing with fragmentation in crisis management operations

Fragmentation is one of the least understood problems in crisis management. Failure to understand fragmentation means emergency responders are unable to mitigate critical situations in the recent terrorist attacks around Europe.

Jeroen Wolbers • January 21, 2019

Ideology in Rojava: The Forgotten Element

The conflict in Syria has provided the opportunity for the PYD to implement a new form of democratic confederalism. A more nuanced understanding of the PYD's ideology can improve understanding of contemporary developments in Syria.

James Hewitt • January 14, 2019

The “Deep State”: A Problem that the CIA Helped to Create

Intelligence services need secrets. But excessive secrecy has consequences.

Simon Willmetts • December 17, 2018 • 1 comment

Ctrl-Alt-Delete: is Digital Diplomacy Worth the Risk?

The emergence of social media networks has changed diplomacy into a more open, transparent and participative profession. When used properly, and handled with skill, digital diplomacy can be a very useful addition to traditional diplomacy.

Annechris Koebrugge • December 10, 2018

Responsible behaviour in cyberspace: dispatches from The Hague (and New York and Paris)

Diplomats face the task to make the process of cyber norms work – or perhaps in some cases, derail – in this double setting. For scholars, the norms process has just gained new layers and dimensions to study.

Dennis Broeders • December 03, 2018

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 • November 26, 2018