On May 20th, the JASON Institute organized a webinar on China’s growing influence in Europe. The event focused on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a mechanism through which China aims to expand its influence in Europe. Both the physical BRI and the Digital...
The Activity Committee of the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies organized a webinar about NATO’s new strategic concept on the 6th of May. We discussed NATO's external security environment as this has dramatically changed over the last couple of years. Furthermore, we discussed...
It’s been a week since we celebrated the 45th anniversary of JASON Institute with the jubilee event ‘The Changing Role of NATO: Challenges On All Fronts”. It was an amazing day with great speakers and interesting discussions. For those who joined us, we hope you enjoyed...
The Activity Committee of the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies organized a webinar about the Climate-Conflict nexus on the 25th of March. This important - but often ignored - topic was the center of the evening. We discussed the dimensions in which climate...
On February 25th, the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies organized a Crash Course in Diplomatic Negotiation. The objective of this event was to get students and young professionals that are interested in topics such as diplomacy, mediation, and negotiation acquainted with the practice...
Should humanitarian intervention become a new legal basis for the use of interstate force? And should the Netherlands provide political support to acts of interstate force that are not based on international law? These were questions that the Dutch government considered, after the USA, the...
On the 11th of January, the activity committee of the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies organized its second webinar of 2021. The goal of the event was to discuss the rising tensions between the so-called ‘’last dictator of Europe’’ and his population. By...
On the 28th of January, the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies kicked off the new year by hosting a webinar about UN intelligence in peacekeeping missions. We first discussed UN peacekeeping in general. The second part of the webinar was dedicated to intelligence...
The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the nature of crime. With more and more people staying at home and having to resort to online shopping, cybercrime has experienced a meteoric rise. In the sphere of online scams, social engineering is the umbrella term coined to describe...
On November 17, the JASON Institute hosted its second webinar of the academic year. This time the topic was the secret world of social engineering from a hacker’s perspective.” We talked about the relationship between COVID-19 and cybercrime; the types of cybercrime; cybercrime as a...