“We are coming, Nineveh”
The recently commenced battle for Mosul raises the issue what military successes against ISIS could mean in terms of threat to the West.
Tag: Conflict
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The Humanitarian “Data” Ecosystem: Intersection of Innovation & Disaster Relief
New digital platforms and innovations streamline the coordination services and situational awareness of humanitarian workers in times of crisis, so they may provide the best possible aid to disaster stricken people. -
Protest! New insights into an omnipresent phenomenon
Street protests are omnipresent, but poorly understood. Recent research provides new insights into these events and their core actors (protesters and the police). -
Terrorists in Prison: The Punitive Shift
When it comes to terrorists in prison, the public and policymakers alike tend to punitive prison policies. Because prisons walls often avert the public eye, it is all the more important to avoid this tendency. -
How jihadists prepare their jihad
The increased number of Dutch foreign fighters in recent years has drawn a lot of attention and created fears of a terrorist attack. However, the Netherlands has been dealing with foreign fighters for more than a decade. What can we learn from the past? -
The intervention in Libya: not a recipe for success
Following the uprisings in Libya in 2011, a number of countries participated in an intervention to protect civilians from the Gaddafi-regime. What can be learned from this intervention with its so-called light-footprint strategy? -
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. -
Why not negotiate with terrorists?
Negotiations, despite their obvious potential benefits, are not always the preferred means for achieving conflict resolution. -
Syria: the mixed blessing for Israel
A large scale confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah is not very likely as the latter is currently involved in Syria, Iraq and even Yemen. -
Renewed struggle for Muslim identity can lead to sectarian violence in the Netherlands
The sectarian tensions among Sunni and Shia Muslims has the potential of spilling over from the Middle East to other countries. -
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? -
Football: the forgotten factor in conflict
Football is often overlooked as a factor in social sciences. Still it is a massive source of (political) mobilization, that causes - and might solve - conflict, both domestically and international.