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Transforming Society: 'Oligarchic Rivalry: US–China Tariffs and the Global Politics of Inequality'
In a new Transforming Society article, Salvador Santino Regilme, Associate Professor and Chair of the International Relations Program at Leiden University, critiques the Trump administration’s US–China tariff war as a covert instrument of domestic class warfare.
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Johan ChristensenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory
Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What was the deciding factor for this victory?
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Madeleine HosliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Clare FenwickFaculty of Law
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Anna NotsuSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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‘Vastgelopen formatie te wijten aan afrekencultuur'
Expert in public affairs and politics Arco Timmermans advised the informer Kim Putters.
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system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Amy EaglestoneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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PE_PP talk: The political cost of tax reform
Lecture
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award
This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…
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Ralph Kijk in de VegteAdministrative Shared Service Centre
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben Verheul
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Fotini Vassou
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Eldad VainstocSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tilko Arne Swalve
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Thomas ScarffSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Just to be sure... At any cost?
Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Roos van der Haer
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks'
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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Peter PelsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos
This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…
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Israeli Politics Now
Debate
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Our government should be more resilient
A fragmented political landscape, permanent pressure from current affairs and an increasingly political civil service: our government faces many challenges. This makes it all the more difficult to make important decisions about pensions or the climate. Research and good education can help meet the challenges…
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Ski Slopes, Sandy Beaches, and the Politics of Tourism in Kim Jong Un's North Korea
Lecture
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Andrei PoamaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Aleena Karim
Faculty of Humanities
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Lecture with Dmitrij Kapitelman
Lecture
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Chibuike UcheAfrican Studies Centre
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Student protests in Serbia: Evolution, prospects and lessons
On June 16, 2025, the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University hosted a panel debate about the ongoing mass student-led protests in Serbia. The protests have shaken the increasingly illiberal regime in Serbia to its core and have grown into the largest student protests in Europe since 196…
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Joshua Musumi Chibuyi
Faculty of Humanities
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Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism
Lecture
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Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programme “Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective”
Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of the EU-funded Marie Curie Staff Exchange Network on non-western…
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Gaza: Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Lecture