20th Srebrenica commemoration in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 15:00 till 16:30 As chairperson of the Political Committee Stari Most (PCSM), I am heavily involved in the yearly Srebrenica commemoration in The Hague on July 11th.See below for a) the general announcement  of the 2oth commemoration by Pax for Peace (PAX), another co-organiser of the yearly commemoration; b) the basic declaration of PCSM for this commemoration (written by me); and c) my special "The Expert" cartoon (see 'Eve...

Annual Conference 2015 of the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law Wednesday, June 24, 2015, from 9:00 AM til 19:00 PM Venue: The Hague Institute for Global Justice Sophialaan 10, The Hague, the Netherlands Based on a broad international orientation and engagement, the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law (KPSRL) aims to inform The Netherlands development policy and its implementation in fragile and conflict affected settings. The Platform brings together a network of rele...

After many years, I have finally come up with a new Cartoon character, the "[Terrorism] Expert" (see picture on the right), loosely based on my own personality (as I see it) and several of those I have encountered since the 1990s in the academic world - particularly scholars from the social sciences and humanities.For the time being, every cartoon attempts to deliver one or more jokes or humorous observations (at least humorous to my mind) that have something to do with the thoughts, practic...