News and Commentary
07 Mar 2014 | by
Ting Zhang
As we celebrate women’s political, economic and social achievements on the 103th International Women’s Day on 8 March, all of those who have contributed to making the world a more equal and gender-friendly place deserve to be congratulated. In the realm of global environmental change, we should applaud a gender-sensitive approach that both recognizes women’s specific vulnerability and includes their strengths. Nevertheless, this blog cautions against an approach that is too fixated on categories of people, as such an approach may perpetuate existing inequalities among various vulnerable populations rather than serving its original purpose.
07 Mar 2014 | by Charlotte Divan
On Tuesday, 4 March, Dr. Anja Mihr, Head of the Rule of Law Program at The Hague Institute and Rule of Law Program Researcher Ms. Jill Coster van Voorhout, participated in a debate on “Legacies of the Closing International Tribunals.” The event was organized by NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at ProDemos.
04 Mar 2014 | by
Tessa Alleblas,
Eamon Aloyo,
Agnese Macaluso and
Ting Zhang
Ukraine and Russia appear to be on the brink of war. After weeks of mass protests led to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych and the elected Ukrainian government, Russia deployed troops to the Crimean Peninsula who have been joined by patrols of unidentified armed men. In response, the new Ukrainian government remains poised to respond militarily.
03 Mar 2014 Dr. Richard Ponzio joins The Hague Institute in March 2014 as Head of the Global Governance Program. He is formerly a Senior Adviser in the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he conceptualized and coordinated Secretary Hillary Clinton’s and later John Kerry’s New Silk Road initiative.
28 Feb 2014 | by
Ruben Zandvliet
From February 20 to 21, Professor Paul van der Heijden and Ruben Zandvliet participated in a conference on labor rights in the global economy, which was organized by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. The conference brought together more than 60 scholars and practitioners from all continents.