Leiden Security and Global Affairs Blog

Dealing With Returning Foreign Fighters From Jihadist Conflict Zones: Breaking the Deadlock

Comparative study into policies on returnees with a particular focus on women and children observes that there is a policy deadlock in most of these countries.

Edwin Bakker + 1 other • 12-04-2019

The Prospects and Implementation of 'Intelligent' Crime Control in the Netherlands

Digitalization has drastically changed our societies. Moreover, digitalization has sparked the effective use of data in crime control. This could, however, be potentially problematic.

Moniek Akerboom • 01-04-2019

The Many Faces of Homicide: A 25-Year Trend Analysis of the Types of Homicides in the Netherlands

Macrolevel explanations of the homicide drop in many Western nations only tell half the story. The other half of the story demands that we zoom into the type of homicide.

Pauline Aarten • 25-03-2019

The Rise of Killer Robots? AI in the American Military

The US is determined to lead in AI development and its use in military systems and weapons. How far have they actually gotten? Is there cause for concern? This article will trace the recent developments that the DoD has undertaken in AI.

Clotilde Sebag • 18-03-2019

Do International Treaties Matter?

International treaties are everywhere, but some receive more attention than others. What happens when they are ignored altogether?

Amy E. Kasper • 11-03-2019

Secrecy All The Way Down

The tension between what intelligence agencies do and how the public reacts to it is built in from the very beginning and can be explained by looking into the underlying logics of secrecy that govern those counterparts.

Ilina Georgieva • 04-03-2019

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