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Two souls in one breast: The international institutional lawyer as scholar and as practitioner
27 January 2019The Asser Institute is pleased to host an OXIO Talk on the experiences and challenges of being an international institutional lawyer – both as academic and as practitioner. The event features an informal conversation between Gabrielle Marceau and Niels Blokker...
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Asser in the press on International Criminal Court’s Gbagbo decision
15 January 2019Asser researcher Dr Marta Bo is quoted by news agency Agence France-Presse on the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to acquit former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. While the prosecution failed to convince the Court that Gbagbo was respo...
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'Bringing critical thinking to power' - New Year's message from Asser's academic director
11 January 2019From the Asser Institute we wish you a peaceful and inspiring 2019 – a year in which our world will have to find ways to address urgent global challenges justly and effectively. A year in which we, as Europeans, will probably have to deal with Brexit, whilst ...
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Lecture by Dr Kenneth Payne on Artificial Intelligence in strategic affairs
8 January 2019The fast development and increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) has broad strategic implications for international affairs. AI has the potential to transform strategy and to dramatically affect the balance of power. In a public lecture organised by th...
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Counter-terrorism expert Paulussen in NRC: “It is an illusion to think that citizenship stripping is effective”
8 January 2019Deprivation of nationality as a counter-terrorism measure is ineffective, says Asser Institute researcher Dr Christophe Paulussen in NRC Next. The Dutch newspaper writes that despite compelling advice from anti-terrorism advisors not to deprive jihadists from ...