Publications
Feel free to browse through our list of Dutch-language publications.
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‘The Great War – A View from Asia’ by Pankaj Mishra Lecture
Location: Flemish Parliament
Date: 10/11/2017
The Indian essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra challenged conventional views of the origins of the Great War during the 11 November lecture 2017. read more
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Flemish foreign arms trade 2016 Report
Publication date: 16/10/2017
Summary of the report on Flemish foreign arms trade 2016. This summary describes the main conclusions of recent analyses by the Peace Institute of the arms export control practices of the Flemish government in 2016. read more
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‘De-radicalisation’ – Scientific insights for policy Book
Publication date: 04/07/2017
Following the terrorist attacks in Madrid (2004) and London (2005), “radicalisation” has become part of the political discourse in Europe. Many European governments took initiatives to counter violent extremism. But the range of measures often lacks conceptual clarity and empirical ... read more
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Towards Europeanised arms export controls? Comparing control systems in EU Member States Report
Publication date: 15/06/2017
This research focuses on the regulation of international trade in military equipment, both within the EU and with non-EU countries. To what extent have European regulatory initiatives succeeded in harmonizing national systems for arms exports? read more
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The Memory of Peace External publication
Publication date: 13/07/2017
Though views on and motives for warfare have changed over the centuries, Philosophy of War and Peace proves that many past ideas still merit consideration today. This collection of essays addresses the historical, cultural and political background of various views ... read more
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Scrutinizing arms exports in Europe: The reciprocal relationship between transparency and parliamentary control External publication
Information on exports of conventional military equipment was traditionally kept out of the public and political realm. In recent decades this gradually changed, and within the EU, Member States are legally bound to publish an annual report on arms exports ... read more
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Armed to kill: an exploratory analysis of the guns used in public mass shootings in Europe Report
Publication date: 23/06/2016
This report tries to rectify a number of misconceptions about public mass shootings in a balanced way, based on an analysis of the acquisition of the weapons used in such shootings, and have outlined the ways in which political debate ... read more
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Guns for sale: the Belgian illicit gun market in a European perspective Report
Publication date: 21/03/2016
The attention paid to the problem of the possession of illicit firearms and the illegal trafficking of firearms has increased significantly over the past few years, at both a Belgian and a European level. In Belgium, this increase in political ... read more
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Firearms acquisition and the terrorism-criminality nexus’, in T. Renard (red.), Counterterrorism in Belgium: Key challenges and policy options External publication
In his contribution Duquet explores the deadly connection between terrorism and illicit firearms acquisition, starting from the fact that the Paris and Brussels attackers bought their assault rifles in Belgium via pre-existing criminal ties. After describing the illicit firearms market ... read more
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Facing a Difficult Past? The Yser Tower in Dixmude, Belgium External publication
Publication date: 16/11/2016
In this article Maarten van Alstein discusses the pacifist message of the museum at the Yser in Dixmude. By presenting the First World War as senseless violence and horror, the museum hopes to induce in visitors an awareness of the ... read more