In een lijvig proefschrift voorspelde Ingo Piepers dat in 2020 de Derde Wereldoorlog uitbreekt. Zijn onderzoek gebruikt natuurwetenschappelijke modellen en wetten om oorlogen te analyseren en te duiden, en Piepers meent dat er daarmee patronen en wetmatigheden zijn te ontdekken in menselijk gedrag …

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict in the southeast region of Ukraine, NATO deployed four battlegroups to Poland and the Baltic States. The Netherlands contributes troops to the battlegroup in Lithuania, which considers itself a ‘front state’ against the Russian Federation. …

This study addresses the theme of airpower in irregular warfare, more specifically information age airpower in modern irregular conflict. It uses the scase study of airpower application in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2016. Its central research quastion is: what was the role of airpower during the conflict, …

Transboundary conservation has an important, yet often undervalued, role in the international conservation regime. When applied to the legally ambiguous and interconnected marine environment this is magnified. The lack of clear guidance for transboundary marine conservation from the international conservation …

The constant growth of air traffic, especially in Europe, is putting pressure on airports, which, in turn, are suffering congestion problems. The airspace surrounding airport, terminal manoeuvring area (TMA), is particularly congested, since it accommodates all the converging traffic to and from airports. …

In the Netherlands, intensification of agriculture has led to doubled yield per hectare, but the production driven practice come with an alarming and irreversible effects on the environment. Pressure on land and natural resources is increasing, biodiversity is declining, and climate change is getting …

Farmers-herdsmen relations and interactions have existed for a long time as both groups complemented and depended on each other for their livelihoods. However, there are now increase in violent conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in many parts of Nigeria. The study area is not an exception as multi-causal …

Op de verschillende niveaus van oorlogvoering is gebrek aan begrip van het nut van militaire syberoperaties tijdens conflict. Dit resulteert in terughoudendheid bij het gebruik van dit type operaties. Om het nut van militaire cyberoperaties te begrijpen in context nodig. De context wordt gevormd door …

Trust is a foundation of social (and organizational) order and also serves as the underpinning of healthy relationships, exchanges and transactions. There is a growing concern globally that social and organizational trust is eroding, and that it has become harder for organizations to build and protect …

Een ouder en kind hebben bepaalde rechten en plichten ten aanzien van de omgang met elkaar. Een kind heeft recht op omgang met zijn ouders en andersom geldt hetzelfde. Het omgangsrecht is echter geen absoluut recht en kan beperkt of opgeschort worden als dit in het belang van het kind is. Art. 3 IVRK …