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During this day I was invited to chair a workgroup of PhD and MA students, in which we discussed political and economic perspectives on the future of the Dutch-American alliance with Institute Clingendael, Elsevier Magazine, and a group of diplomats and economists.

Sanctions are a frequently employed diplomatic instrument to exert influence. However, it is also a relatively poorly understood instrument that, while seductive because it seems easy to employ and relatively risk-free, is also criticized for lack of effectiveness. In particular in the past decade UN …

De wereldeconomie is in verandering, de economische krachtsverhouding verschuift naar Azië en dit heeft zijn invloed op internationaal zakendoen. Als onderdeel van deze internationale economische krachtsverschuiving, verandert ook de rol en de relatie tussen overheden, internationale bedrijven, non-gouvernementele …

The aim of this dissertation is to indicate the effects of the Dutch economic diplomacy on the export of Life Sciences & Health companies to China in the period from 2010 until 2015. Economic diplomacy is a form of diplomacy where the government actively tries to influence economic elements like export …

Over the past decades, international terrorism started to reach its ideological peak, challenging and disrupting whole societies and governmental organs. This modern form of terror contains violent implications, psychologically pressing the innocent masses. Initially inspired by occasional, domestically …