ISIS’ unlikely weapon of mass destruction By taking over the largest dam in Iraq, ISIS controls the equivalent to the possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Pieter van Gelder + 1 other • 11-08-2014
The Brunswick Wargame Gaming and simulation have long been used to teach and train military officers to operate strategically in uncertain situations. Megan Anderson • 28-07-2014
Addressing Terrorism Studies’ ‘Data Problem’: One Case At a Time There are encouraging signs that the study of terrorism is moving away from its near-exclusive focus on secondary sources and literature-review based methodologies, for example by re-examining well-known cases using newly available first-hand data. Prof. dr. Bart Schuurman • 21-07-2014
Selfie Extremism Some lone attackers show not only a diffuse mixture of societal and personalized grieves, but more importantly, the same desire to show themselves to the world in what can be labelled performative violence, or 'Selfie Extremism'. Jelle van Buuren • 14-07-2014
Dutch women on jihad in Syria: why do they go? Increasingly media report on women who undertake the trip to Syria to join the jihad. What drives these women to give up their comfortable, safe lives to undertake the journey to a country torn by violence? Daan Weggemans + 1 other • 07-07-2014
'Threat from Jihadism more serious than ever before' Jihadism in the Netherlands has developed in a relatively short time span into a complex and dynamic movement that poses a more serious threat to democracy and national security than ever before. Jelle van Buuren + 1 other • 30-06-2014
