A new article: Guardians of order, protectors of democracy

This blog explores the supposed differences between the security services and police officers. Do they really understand the same problems so differently?

Constant Hijzen • January 15, 2018

'We were no Florence Nightingale'

The Spanish Civil War hardly plays a role in the Dutch collective memory – only recently it is occasionally brought up as a comparison to Islamic State and the foreign fighter phenomenon.

Seran de Leede • August 15, 2016

Turmoil in the Middle East: it’s not just Sykes-Picot

May 2016 commemorates that it is 100 years ago that the infamous Sykes-Picot Agreement was signed. The attributed impact of this diplomatic agreement on the Middle East is not in line with its actual role however.

Wietse van den Berge • April 25, 2016

Why the military will not defeat the Islamic State

If we solely pursue military objectives and do not consider different, and sometimes conflicting or difficult opinions – we will fail in the fight against the Islamic State.

Eva Entenmann • June 15, 2015

A surge in 'lone (or loon) wolf' jihadist attacks: the future of jihad?

History shows that ‘lone wolf’ attacks are rare but recently, many jihadists used this strategy of an individual jihad. What can we say about these attacks? Should these perpetrators rather be called 'loon wolves'?

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • January 05, 2015

History’s most consequential terrorist attack

How decisive was the assassination of Austria-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo a century ago? Did it really cause the Great War (1914-1918)?

Wietse van den Berge • April 09, 2014

2014: A year to look back (and ahead)?

It is a human tendency to look at the symbolic importance of the year we are living in today. In this article, I will try to do the same.

Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • February 17, 2014

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