With the entire city buzzing with events in the run-up to the NATO summit taking place in The Hague on 25 and 26 June, it is striking how little attention is being paid to voices from the Global South.
- Date
- Tuesday 17 Jun 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
- Type
- Symposium
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies

The International Institute of Social Studies and Leiden University are turning the tables and will put the Global South perspectives on NATO at the centre of this event.
Panellists will highlight questions such as:
- How is NATO viewed from the Global South?
- What should NATO's engagement with the Global South be?
Panellists
- Tahir Abbas, Professor Radicalisation Studies at Leiden University
- Shyamika Jayasundera-Smits, Associate Professor at ISS
- Yeshiwas Degu Belay, PhD researcher at ISS
The panel will be moderated by Dirk Jan Koch.
Programme
12.00 - Free lunch for all participants
12.30 - Word of welcome by ISS Board member
12.35 - Introduction by Dirk Jan Koch
12.40 - Panel discussion
13.10 - Q & A
13.20 - Wrap up and closing words by Dirk Jan Koch
14.00 - End