Leiden Security and Global Affairs Blog

The Germanwings Plane Crash: A Homicide-Suicide?

We still do not quite know what to make of Andreas Lubitz’s motivations, the pilot at the controls of the Germanwings airbus that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday. Some sources point to psychiatric diagnoses to help understand this pilot's action.

Marieke Liem • 30-03-2015

Preventing small scale terrorist attacks by one or two perpetrators

Recent small scale terrorist attacks lead to asking the question whether authorities could have prevented these attacks.

Edwin Bakker • 24-03-2015

Better than Hollywood? Analyzing the IS propaganda movies instead of projecting fear

Let's try to get some realism in the assessment of the Jihadist propaganda material.

Jelle van Buuren • 20-03-2015

Libya: A battle for the future

The 2011 NATO-intervention in Libya was heralded by some as a "model intervention". The events of the past year showed that this does not guarantee long term stability. How should we look at the current chaos in Libya?

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • 16-03-2015

PKK and Turkey: Time for peace?

PKK-leader Abdullah Öcalan has called for peace between Turkey and PKK. The following months will show whether Turkey and PKK trust each other enough – at least more than they trust their common enemy Islamic State – to reach a settlement.

Wietse van den Berge • 09-03-2015

Malls threatened by Al Shabaab

In February 2015, Al Shabaab produced a video in which it calls for an attack on malls in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.This call for violent action spurred many worried reactions around the globe, especially in the three mentioned count

Edwin Bakker • 02-03-2015

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