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'Dirty bombs' and nuclear power plants: How does international law protect us from nuclear disaster?
30 August 2023 By Thea CoventryIn March 2023, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visited Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for the second time to assess nuclear safety and security. He brings with him a new group of IAEA experts to replace ...
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[Interview] Counterterrorism expert Thomas Renard: ‘Everyone is struggling to identify how to best respond to extremism’
22 August 2023 By Pascal MesserThomas Renard is Director of the International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) in The Hague. In his book ‘The Evolution of Counter-Terrorism since 9/11’, he traces the evolution of counterterrorism policy in Belgium and Europe, a field that has expanded dr...
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Dutch government receives parliamentary questions on European arms exports
21 August 2023A recently published op-ed written by Asser Institute researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz has prompted parliamentary questions (kamervragen) addressed to the Dutch government about its arms export policies. Parliamentary questions are part of a procedure e...
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[Interview] Niki Siampakou: ‘Victims could be important actors in counter-terrorism efforts’
8 August 2023 By Lisa AmelineNiki Siampakou is a joint research fellow at the Asser Institute and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague (ICCT). Her work focuses on legal responses against violent extremism and terrorism, with a particular focus on (inter)national crim...
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Can ChatGPT solve legal dilemmas related to the military use of artificial intelligence?
7 August 2023Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are capable of generating text on an endless range of topics. In a new video, Taylor Woodcock asks ChatGPT to discuss some of the most important legal issues surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the m...