JASON
Institute for Peace and Security Studies
For over 50 years, the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies has been engaged in informing students and young-professionals – the leaders of tomorrow – on matters of international peace and security.
Latest magazine
Looking Back. Looking Ahead.
As a final reflection on 50 years of JASON, this magazine brings our anniversary year to a close and looks ahead to upcoming seasons.
What can we learn from the past 50 years, and what might the next 50 hold?
From disinformation and AI to societal polarisation, conventional war, the changing international legal order, the Israel-Palestine conflict, intelligence sharing, rare earth minerals, and the Arctic, this issue explores the forces shaping today’s security landscape and the world of tomorrow.
Reflect with us on five decades of JASON, think ahead to the challenges to come, and imagine what our security order might look like in 2075.
Coming Soon
This year’s annual conference will take place in November, and we’re switching things up a little.
Expect a more interactive format, with the future of the Transatlantic Alliance explored through a range of perspectives and insights from experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
We’re excited to start revealing more in the coming weeks here.
Stay tuned: there’s plenty more to come!
YOU ARE INVITED
Activities & Events
The JASON Activities Committee (AC) regularly organises a wide range of events – from lectures and discussions to visits and interactive sessions such as professional speed dating. Events will be revealed one by one throughout the season, and we can’t wait to welcome you to all of them!
Stay tuned and discover what’s in for you this season.
Past Events:
Event Report – The Red Sea: In the eye of a geopolitical storm
Event Report – Golden Jubilee Conference: Europe in a Shifting World
The impact of the current security challenges on the international community – especially in today’s globalized and multipolar world – are rather unprecedented and highly significant.
JASON regularly organizes exclusive events with leading (international) security experts and stakeholders in order to provide a much needed platform for constructive dialogues. Furthermore, we are engaged with publishing our own quarterly magazine which contains sophisticated articles written by both young-professionals as well as prominent academics in our field. Hence, through these activities JASON tries to challenge students and young-professionals – regardless of their sex, age, descent, cultural and religious beliefs – to think about the impact of current international peace and security issues.
BRIEF HISTORY
JASON was founded in 1975 by Rio Praaning and Willem van Eekelen on a commitment to provide value-free and sophisticated insights on matters of international peace and security. After close collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs JASON, or Jong Atlantisch Samenwerkingsorgaan Nederland, was born.
During its initial years of existence the activities of JASON mainly focussed on peace and security issues within the Transatlantic domain. However as a result of the changing global geopolitical climate, JASON gradually expanded its scope to international security in the broadest sense of the word. Nowadays, JASON is one of the largest institutes within its discipline in the Netherlands.