De toetredingsonderhandelingen tussen de EU en staten uit de Westelijke Balkan duren nog altijd voort. Vrij recent speelde Nederland nog een rol in deze ontwikkelingen door een veto uit te spreken... Show moreDe toetredingsonderhandelingen tussen de EU en staten uit de Westelijke Balkan duren nog altijd voort. Vrij recent speelde Nederland nog een rol in deze ontwikkelingen door een veto uit te spreken in de Europese Raad tegen het beginnen van onderhandelingen met Albanië en Noord-Macedonië. Een land dat ook een belangrijke rol speelt in de toetredingskwestie is Kosovo. Sinds de ambassadeur van de Republiek Kosovo in 2018 aantrad in Den Haag, heeft hij deze ontwikkelingen uiteraard ook op de voet gevolgd. In dit essay zet de ambassadeur zijn visie op deze Europese kwestie uiteen. Show less
This article is a short discussion about advances in technology in Air Traffic Control (ÁTC). From a personal ATC perspective there are two particular improvements that have made a significant... Show moreThis article is a short discussion about advances in technology in Air Traffic Control (ÁTC). From a personal ATC perspective there are two particular improvements that have made a significant impact on overall safety. Show less
The aviation sector in Europe is not functioning as efficiently and safety as it potentia/ly could. Vicepresident of the European Commission, 5. Kal/as, explains the efforts that the Commission is... Show moreThe aviation sector in Europe is not functioning as efficiently and safety as it potentia/ly could. Vicepresident of the European Commission, 5. Kal/as, explains the efforts that the Commission is currently undertaking in order to improve the European aviation industry through an initiative called Single European Sky. Show less
On Tuesday 28th September 2010 the first Master excursion of the current academie year took place. With a group of roughly 25 people the B.I.L. visited the International Court of Justice (ICJ)... Show moreOn Tuesday 28th September 2010 the first Master excursion of the current academie year took place. With a group of roughly 25 people the B.I.L. visited the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which is situated in the Peace Palace in The Hague. During our visit we got the chance to sit down and talk with a representative of the Peace Palace. Afterwards a tour of the Peace Palace was offered to us. Show less
Communication is crucial with regard to managing crises. This article is a short version of a paper that analysed the development of crisis communication within the aviation industry in the... Show moreCommunication is crucial with regard to managing crises. This article is a short version of a paper that analysed the development of crisis communication within the aviation industry in the Netherlands by investigating four different cases, i.e. the KLM crash at Tenerife in 1977, the El Al crash at the Bijlmermeer in Amsterdam in 1992, the Martinair crash at Faro in 1992, and the Turkish Airlines crash at Schiphol in 2009. Show less
Eelco Dykstra is currently working in The Hague to start the European roll-out of the International Katrina Project. He is well-known for his work at the George Washington University as professor... Show moreEelco Dykstra is currently working in The Hague to start the European roll-out of the International Katrina Project. He is well-known for his work at the George Washington University as professor of International Emergency Management. Eelco Dykstra is highly experienced in both the acad�mic and the practical field of crisis management. In this article he discusses eight important elements ('lessons learned') of managing crises. Show less
Professors Arjen Boin (Louisiana State University) and Paul 't Hart (Australian National University and Utrecht University) are co-authors of the prize winning study The Polities ofÇrisis... Show moreProfessors Arjen Boin (Louisiana State University) and Paul 't Hart (Australian National University and Utrecht University) are co-authors of the prize winning study The Polities ofÇrisis Management: Public Leadership under Pressure (Cambridge University Press 2005). In this article they discuss the risks of using crisis for politica! purposes. Show less
Een vertrouwde rubriek onder een nieuwe naam want in deze rubriek, voorheen onder de naam 'Intussen op de Vijfde', gaan wij op zoek naar wat onze docenten en overige medewerkers meer doen... Show moreEen vertrouwde rubriek onder een nieuwe naam want in deze rubriek, voorheen onder de naam 'Intussen op de Vijfde', gaan wij op zoek naar wat onze docenten en overige medewerkers meer doen dan wat wij ervan zien. Is het alleen colleges gegeven, opdrachten maken en tentamens nakijken? Uiteraard gebeurt er veel meer op de vijfde verdieping zoals administratie bijhouden en onderzoeken uitvoeren. In de rubriek 'Van negen tot Vijf stelt zich iedere keer een medewerker voor en vertelt waar hij of zij allemaal mee bezig is. Show less
It is the 3rd of November in Leiden, one day before the elections in the United States. There is no coming around it any more; no paper, news channel or radio station around the world isn't... Show moreIt is the 3rd of November in Leiden, one day before the elections in the United States. There is no coming around it any more; no paper, news channel or radio station around the world isn't talking about the possible outcome of the elections. The B.I.L. can't stay behind and has organized an event to discuss the two candidates and their possible foreign policy. Petra Stienen (Deputy Head North American Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Drew Mann (Politica! and Economie Counselor of the US Embassy) are joining us in this de bate, to give both their opinions and to answer the questions of the students. Show less
McDonald 's. The word alone, not to mention the actual restaurant itself, elicits a wide range of responses from those who hear it. Some think of yummy hamburgers and delicious french fries,... Show moreMcDonald 's. The word alone, not to mention the actual restaurant itself, elicits a wide range of responses from those who hear it. Some think of yummy hamburgers and delicious french fries, others think of the recent blockbuster hit Super Size Me and the health risks associated with greasy fast food, others think of the terrors of the corpora te world, Americanization, and an unstoppable force of cultural homogenization. George Ritzer, however, thinks of Max Weber and sees the modern day paradigm of a force he described nearly a century ago - rationalization. Show less
Optimists have called the Kyoto Protocol a historica! document while skeptics have called it inevitability. But in the end any way you look at this document it means an added dimension to politica!... Show moreOptimists have called the Kyoto Protocol a historica! document while skeptics have called it inevitability. But in the end any way you look at this document it means an added dimension to politica! and commercial dynamics. One however which has important implications if wrongly understood or interpreted. This is truly one of the difficult si des to K yoto and policies on sustainability, the questions are diverse and its reality all hut simp Ie, hut wrong policy could maybe 'not' be overturned. Show less
When picturing policy-making in the European Union (EU), we usually think of national mini _ sters and commis� ioners bargaining over a proposal in the Council building in Brussels or Members of... Show moreWhen picturing policy-making in the European Union (EU), we usually think of national mini _ sters and commis� ioners bargaining over a proposal in the Council building in Brussels or Members of the Europ� an Parhament (EP) d� batmg � nd voting in the plenary of the EP in Strasbourg. And indeed, these phenomena are � ssenhal parts of the _ E? pohcy-�akmg process. However, a reduction of the process to these features risks missing other important char� ct�nshcs. In par _ h� ular, a focus on the voting and bargaining _be�avior of high-level p _ lay� rs like Members � f the EP, C�mm_ 1ss1� ners, and _ Mm1sters in the Council overlooks the potenhal mfluence of the bod1es m charge of most day-to-day leg1slahve work m the EU, namely committees. EU committees come in all sorts and shapes and play vi� al roles in all stages of t�e ��licy cycle. �ocalled 'comitology' committees assist the Commission in implementi _ ng EU pohcy and expert groups � dv1se 1t _ m formul� ting legislative proposals. These legislative proposals are subsequently d1scussed and _ amended b! the EP s stand1� g comm1ttees and by the working parties in the Council. The influential roles of these comm1ttees pose important queshons about the legitimacy and efficiency of EU policy-making Show less
