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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 ...
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Call for papers: FIFA and human rights - Impacts, policies, responsibilities
20 December 2018Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit paper abstracts for a conference on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and human rights. The conference, organised by the Asser Institute and the Netherlands Network for Human Rights...
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‘In search of judicial independence’ – op-ed in Kathmandu Post by Shelter City Fellow
18 December 2018Human rights defender Mohan Kumar Karna, who was Shelter City Fellow with the T.M.C. Asser Instituut earlier this year, published an op-ed in the Kathmandu Post, calling for reform of the Nepalese judicial council. After the introduction of the 2015 Constitut...