
7 Apr 2026
April 2026 Update from The Hague Program
What have we been up to?
A short update from The Hague Program about our activities the past few months and what is upcoming.
- Jan | Chapter "Die Regulierung des "Cyberspace" auf UNO-Ebene: Völkerrecht und Cyber Diplomatie" by Isabella Brunner in the edited volume Recht der Digitalisierung III, edited by Arno Kahl and Werner Schroeder. Read chapter here...
- 22 Jan | Dennis Broeders held a lecture at the international workshop on "Geo-economics and International Fragmentation" at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin, Italy.
- 29 Jan | Blog post "The UN Cybercrime Convention - A Way to Bring Russia to (the International Court of) Justice" by Isabella Brunner on Just Security. Read blog post here...
- 29 Jan | Online seminar on The Palgrave Handbook on Cyber Diplomacy, with George Christou, Wilhelm Vosse, Joe Burton, and Joachim Koops. Watch recording...
- Feb | Isabella Brunner featured on Digitaal Veilig Den Haag. Read interview here...
- Feb | Isabella Brunner was a judge at the Jessup Taiwan National Rounds at National Chengchi University in Taipei.
- Feb | Julia Carver presented a draft paper on "Sovereign AI: Optimized Hypocrisy?" at a workshop on AI Politics and Governance at the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
- 3 Feb | Article "Conceptualising Specialised Diplomacy: Long-Term Participation and Thematic Fidelity in UN Multilateral Negotiations" by Lise H. Andersen in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Article available here...
- 5 Feb | Isabella Brunner participated in the Oxford Process on International Law Protections in Cyberspace in Oxford.
- 9 Feb | Dennis Broeders held one of the orations at Leiden University's dies natalis. Read more...
- 19 Feb | Online seminar on Architectures of Global AI Governance: From Technological Change to Human Choice, with Mathijs Maas. Watch recording...
- Mar | Julia Carver at expert consultation with Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford.
- 10 Mar | Dennis Broeders gave a Distinguished Lecture at Ashoka University, India.
- 12 Mar | Dennis Broeders participated in an Ashoka University workshop on geo-economics, emerging technologies and multilateral governance and a seminar at the Center for Social and Economic Progress in New Delhi.
- 17 Mar | Isabella Brunner at the Balkan Cybersecurity Days in Shkodër, Albania. Read more...
- 19 Mar | Dennis Broeders and Lise H. Andersen at New Tech Roundtable on Technology Security in the Twin Transition: Economic Security and the Climate Costs of the New Tech Revolution in Brussels. Read more...
- 19 Mar | Online seminar on Geopolitical Union: Europe's Attempt to Take Back Control of Technology Regulation, with Benjamin Farrand. Watch recording...
- 25 Mar | Article "All Quiet on the Western Front? Strategic Options of Western States for Negotiating a Treaty on International Cyber Security" by Isabella Brunner, Dennis Broeders, Lise H. Andersen and Arun Sukumar in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Article available here...
- Apr | Julia Carver featured on Digitaal Veilig Den Haag. Read interview here...
Upcoming
- 23 Apr | Online seminar on Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet, with Françoise Daucé and Francesca Musiani. Register here...
- 17 May| Deadline for Call for Papers for the 9th Annual Conference on International Cyber Security. Complete call for papers available here...
- 21 May | Online seminar on Knowledge Management in Multilateral Diplomacy: The Case of UN First Committee Cyber Negotiations, with Lise H. Andersen. Register here...
- 30 Jun | The Hague Threat Intelligence Exchange (Hague TIX) 2026. Purchase your ticket here...
Our complete April newsletter can be found here.

















































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