Leiden Security and Global Affairs Blog

Sochi 2014: The terrorists win

Despite enormous security efforts by Russian authorities concerns remain regarding security at the Sochi Winter Olympics. The terrorists have already won.

Wietse van den Berge • 03-02-2014

Media report on a former Dutch soldier training jihadists within Syria

Dutch former military appears in media as a foreign fighter training jihadists in Syria.

Wietse van den Berge + 2 others • 27-01-2014

The need for more primary sources in terrorism research

Terrorism studies is worryingly over-reliant on secondary sources of information.

Prof. dr. Bart Schuurman • 27-01-2014

Dutch Minister of Education visits Leiden University to learn about MOOCs

Free online course on terrorism attracts thousands of students and gains attention of Dutch Minister of Education.

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • 20-01-2014

New ICCT Research Paper: European foreign fighters in Syria

A recently published ICCT Research Paper examines some of the challenges, as well as possible strategies and legal mechanisms available for European policymakers to address the foreign fighters phenomenon.

• 13-01-2014

New Database on Jihadi Terrorism in Europe

What are the characteristics of jihadi terrorists' networks? What are the characteristics of individual jihadi terrorists? Under what circumstances did these individuals get involved in jihadi terrorist activities?

Edwin Bakker • 20-12-2013

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