Negotiating with IS? The brutal killing of an IS-held Jordanian pilot might make negotiating with IS not an option. Some captives of IS were freed though. So why not try to negotiate? Wietse van den Berge • February 23, 2015
'Aicha'; or, why girls join Jihad in Syria Media report on a 19 year old Dutch convert girl travelling to Syria to join Jihad. But what actually motivates her? Wietse van den Berge and Seran de Leede • November 25, 2014
How IS’ rise could actually benefit the Kurds How paradoxical as it might sound, the attack of IS might be beneficial for Syria’s Kurds. Wietse van den Berge • October 24, 2014
Football: the forgotten factor in conflict Football is often overlooked as a factor in social sciences. Still it is a massive source of (political) mobilization, that causes - and might solve - conflict, both domestically and international. Wietse van den Berge • October 15, 2014
ISIS: Jihadists’ new forerunner? The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) appears to have the ambition of overtaking the Al-Qaeda umbrella organization it belongs to as the forerunner of international jihadism. What is ISIS about and what is its effect for the Syrian conflict? Wietse van den Berge • June 12, 2014
Who is the new Bin Laden? Three years after Bin Laden’s death we wonder: who is the new face of terrorism? Wietse van den Berge and Liesbeth van der Heide • May 09, 2014
History’s most consequential terrorist attack How decisive was the assassination of Austria-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo a century ago? Did it really cause the Great War (1914-1918)? Wietse van den Berge • April 09, 2014
The instrumental use of terrorism: The case of the Syrian regime Labeling a rival a terrorist happens in many conflicts. Syrian opposition and a number of international analysts believe the Syrian regime has taken the instrumental use of the terrorist phenomenon one step further however. Wietse van den Berge • March 31, 2014
No swift reconciliation in Syria With the recent Geneva II conference and current diplomatic efforts to mitigate humanitarian suffering in the city of Homs, the question arises whether reconciliation among the warring parties in the Syrian Civil War is viable. Wietse van den Berge • February 10, 2014
