363 search results for “transatlantic relations” in the Public website
- Volume 11 (2016)
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Gisela Hirschmann, Coronavirus: A Global Crisis Waiting for a Global Response
It is often said that the true character of a person is only revealed in a crisis. In these days, the coronavirus causes concern about the true state of the multilateral system. Political scientist Gisela Hirschmann (Leiden University) is worried about the future of multilateralism.
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Personal chair in ‘Stress-related psychopathology’ for Bernet Elzinga
Clinical psychologist Bernet Elzinga has been appointed as Professor of a personal chair at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. This professorship will contribute both nationally and internationally to the broader promotion of Leiden University in the field of stress and psychopathology.
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United we stand? Member states on the world stage
Organisations such as the EU are of enormous benefit to the member states, but the inhabitants of the member states are often unaware of this. Leiden researchers investigate whether international organisations such as the EU or ASEAN are able to influence global politics.
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A Finger in Every Pie: Transnational networks in the debates over British free trade, 1660-1730
The role of transnational, non-institutional networks in the opening up of British transatlantic trade at the end of the 17th/beginning of the 18th century
- Book Chapters
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Global Brexit: the international ramifications of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
Ending the United Kingdom’s (UK) forty-seven year European Union (EU) membership has fundamentally transformed its relationship with the EU. After years of tumultuous negotiations, international law now once again governs the UK’s relationship with the EU. This has resulted in a sophisticated body of…
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Matthew Frear
Faculty of Humanities
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Raymond Fagel
Faculty of Humanities
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Francesco Ragazzi
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Veronique de Gucht
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bernet Elzinga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Noa Schonmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Burgos Martinez
Faculty of Humanities
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Seda Gürkan
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Blog Post | Bridging the Gap: Time for an EU-NATO Strategic Dialogue on Defense Tech
To stay secure, the transatlantic community must take on emerging and disruptive technologies together.
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Anglo-Dutch Relations (Society for Renaissance Studies)
A series of sessions on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations (c. 1050-c. 1600) will be held at the Society for Renaissance Studies (29 June - 1 July 2021).
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Call for Papers: Humanities and International Relations Graduate Conference
In our rapidly evolving and interconnected world, the study of International Relations has expanded beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. Leiden University’s MAIR program, with its emphasis on humanities-oriented and multidisciplinary perspectives, contends that understanding the complexities…
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14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations
Various GTGC researchers convened panels and presented papers at the 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations: The Power Politics of Nature, that took place online from 13-17 September 2021.
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Rebels and Conflict Escalation: Explaining the Rise and Decline in Violence
Violence during war often involves upswings and downturns that have, to date, been insufficiently explained. Why does violence at a particular point in time increase in intensity and why do actors in war decrease the level of violence at other points? Duyvesteyn discusses the potential explanatory variables…
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Verdun, How the European Union is Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
The coronacrisis makes painfully clear that a transboundary crisis requires a transboundary response. The European Union could play a key role, but that has not happened so far. Political scientist Amy Verdun (Leiden University) explains why.
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The European Union and the United Nations in Global Governance
Madeleine O. Hosli, Professor of International Relations, wrote this book in which she analyses the complex relations between the European Union (EU) as a regional organization and the United Nations (UN) as an international, global governance institution.
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Conference Anglo-Dutch Relations (6-8 January 2022, Oxford)
Contacts between English and Dutch speakers had a profound impact on the literary landscape and book culture of England and the Low Countries. This conference crosses conventional chronological, linguistic, geographical and disciplinary boundaries to explore the cultural history of relations between…
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Blog Post | International Society and Uncertainty in International Relations
The ongoing conflicts between the United States and its allies and Russia and between the United States and its allies and China reflect both the anarchical nature of the international system and the uncertainty with which decision-makers and diplomats have to deal with in attempting to solve the conflicts…
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Esteban Szmulewicz publishes an article on intergovernmental relations
Szmulewicz, a PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, has written an article on intergovernmental relations (IGR) from a multidisciplinary perspective, considering law in the text and law-in-action, while analysing paradigmatic cases as well as comparative perspecti…
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Blarel, India-Israel at 25: Defense Ties
Why did India develop a strong military partnership with the state of Irael, after having ignored it for 42 years? How could both countries develop defense ties in spite of limited political leadership involvement? Finally, what are the prospects for defense relations as India grows to become one of…
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The impact of the slave trade on the Dutch economy
To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation 'Walcherse Ketens', Gerhard de Kok looks at Vlissingen and Middelburg, the most important slave trade cities in the Netherlands during the second half of the 18th century. It turns out that, although…
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Why Minor Powers Risk Wars with Major Powers: A Comparative Study of the Post-Cold War Era
Through a range of case studies spanning the post-Cold War period in Iraq, Moldova and Serbia, this book studies asymmetric conflicts where warring sides exhibit vast power differentials.
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Antoaneta Dimitrova
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Europe as A Global Actor? – The Common Security and Defence Policy in Question
My research project aims to analyze reasons of the European Union’s (EU) inadequacy to develop a strong Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) with regard to the role of main EU member states, namely Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) and find the answer of how the EU overcome the CSDP question…
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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much?
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of the House over the Republicans. But the Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate. Three of our researchers, experts on US politics, share their…
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Maxine David: ‘Have realistic expectations of what you can do in these difficult times’
Maxine David is a lecturer in European Politics in the Institute for History and is a busy bee when it comes to teaching. When countries started locking down due to the corona virus, she was in the United States. After some difficulty getting a flight back to her home country, the United Kingdom, she…
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A coalition of the unwilling? Chinese and Russian perspectives on cyberspace
The Hague Program for Cyber Norms, a research program at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, published its second policy brief, in which Dennis Broeders, Liisi Adamson and Rogier Creemers explore aspects of the relationship between China and Russia in cyberspace.
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Institutional sources of legitimacy in multistakeholder global governance at ICANN
This article investigates the sources of legitimacy in multistakeholderism as a major alternative approach to intergovernmental global governance.
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Zeeland Archives to Present Historical Slave Voyage to the UN
MIDDELBURG/GENEVA – The president of the United Nations Human Rights Council has invited the Zeeland Archives from the Netherlands, to Geneva on March 20th in order to present its project about the historical slave voyage aboard The Unity (1761-1763).
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Role of epigenetics in long-term health effects of early life stress
Can epigenetic changes explain associations between early life stress and health outcomes?
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DiGiuseppe & Kleinberg, ‘Economics, security, and individual-level preferences for trade agreements’
Citizens’s attitudes towards trade are not only about the (perceived) economic effect. Commerce also has a variety of security implications. Employing an original experiment, political scientists Matthew DiGiuseppe (Leiden University) and Katja Kleinberg (Binghamton University) demonstrate that security…
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Shaping proteins to understand chaperone-related diseases
Alireza Mashaghi and his research team have created a new framework to understand shapes of proteins and DNA. With this framework, many diseases can be understood better.
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
On Wednesday 25 January, the British Embassy, the Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) programme at Leiden University and Women in International Security Netherlands (WIIS-NL) were hosting a round table with Professor Bina D’Costa to discuss the prevention of conflict related sexual…
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Dutkiewicz, Casier & Scholte (eds.), Hegemony and World Order
Does hegemony—legitimated rule by dominant power—have a role in ordering world politics of the twenty-first century? If so, what form does that hegemony take: does it lie with a leading state or with some other force? How does contemporary world hegemony operate: what tools does it use and what outcomes…
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TV-Interview Rene Kleijn about metals scarcity in relation to the energy transition
CML-researcher Rene Kleijn has spoken about metals scarcity in relation to the energy transition in a new Dutch popular scientific TV show called
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Pellikaan & Van Willigen, Bilateralism and Nuclear Security
Political scientists Huib Pellikaan and Niels van Willigen (Leiden University) use and elaborate on the theoretical insights from game theory in order to understand nuclear security in changing environment. Now that the relations between the US and Russia have deteriorated and smaller nuclear states…
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Melanie Fink speaks on Frontex’s external relations at Jean Monnet Conference organised by Ankara University
On 17 March 2022, Ilke Göçmen from Ankara University organised a Conference within the framework of a Jean Monnet Chair on ‘Legal Issues in Turkey – European Union Relations’.
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Too few work-related accidents reported to Netherlands Labour Authority
Many employers are unaware that work-related accidents must be reported immediately to the Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA) and therefore they neglect to do so. Therefore, there is often no investigation into the cause of an accident. The NLA is aware of only half of the number of work-related accidents…
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Introducing: Julie Svalastog
Julie Svalastog is one of the four PhDs in Cátia Antunes’ ERC Research Project 'Fighting Monopolies'.
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Tobler/Beglinger on the institutional framework of the EU-Swiss legal relations
The EU and Switzerland are negotiating a new institutional framework for part of the agreements that regulate their legal relations. More specifically, this concerns new as well as a number of already existing market access agreements.
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After graduation
Graduates of International Studies are attractive candidates for international employers in a wide variety of fields – think NGOs, multinationals, humanitarian or governmental agencies. Your deep region-specific knowledge and language, academic and practical skills prepare you for a Master, as well…
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Law and Governance in China
How are law and governance in China responding to rapidly changing circumstances, and what does that mean for the relationship between the state and its citizens?
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'Relations with Morocco go much further back than the first migrant workers'
The Netherlands and Morocco: relations between the two countries go back a long way. Assistant professor Nadia Bouras is researching these relations. Of Moroccan migrant workers, she says, 'In the seventies the predominant idea was that everyone had the right to their own culture and religion. That's…