“Add oil”. Two Cantonese words of encouragement that, for nearly half a year, inspired millions of Hongkongers to fight for their rights and push for a more democratic Hong Kong. The protests that were ignited in the Summer ...

This research aimed at answering the question what factors enable the youth in the Netherlands to mobilize for climate change in light of the global movement, led by Greta Thunberg. The Dutch youth climate movement is a ...

This purpose of this study is to analyse the Dutch feminist movement and decide if the movement can be as successful as it was in the 1980s. It is now an interesting time for the feminist movement because of the rise of ...

The role of national military institutions as the crucial site for the (re)production of masculinity has been extensively studied. The recent trend of the privatization of security not only questions if national military ...

This thesis is concerned with the reactions of the general public in the process of securitization. Taking the securitization of the issue of foreign fighters in the Netherlands as case study, this thesis examines how the ...

Over the last decades, human trafficking (THB) for labour exploitation became the fastest growing form of THB globally. Despite this dramatic statistic, the political will to resolve the issue has been (largely) non-existent. ...

Fire as medicine to prevent raging wildfires. It was the indigenous answer to wildfire management for years, until colonization ended it. Indigenous peoples all around the world share a deep bond with nature as their ...

This study argues that a successful outcome of a secession process is more likely to occur once an international advocacy network gets involved. Therefore, this study will demonstrate the influence of an international ...

This article focusses on the organizational culture of the military, and questions whether the culture is masculine or increasingly feminine. A theoretical framework has been created by combining the recruitment theories, ...

Indonesia has recently become a claimant state in the South China Sea conflict as it displayed balancing behavior against China regarding the disputed Natuna islands. This study tries to explain Indonesia’s sudden display ...