Panel IV
Politiek, verhaal en werkelijkheid
The Digital Dictator: the return of Saddam Hussein on TikTok
Avoda and Likud: A Political Memory Study on the Israeli Withdrawal (2005) During the Current Gaza War (2023-2025)
De politiek van hulp: ontwikkelingssamenwerking en humanitaire hulp in Jemen als strategisch middel in de regionale rivaliteit tussen Iran en Saudi-Arabië
This article examines the digital resurgence of Saddam Hussein and how it influences the shaping of collective memory. Using theories from (Digital) Memory Studies, it shows how the platforms’
affordances and algorithms lead to nostalgia that downplays repression, and how this nostalgia functions as a form of criticism of present-day Iraq.
This paper examines how Israel’s 2005 disengagement from Gaza is reinterpreted by the Likud and Labor parties during the Gaza War between 2023 and 2025. Through a discourse analysis in memory politics, it explores ideological shifts and the strategic use of historical narratives in current Israeli political rhetoric
This article investigates the role of development aid, which can be employed to counter rival
influence, to Yemen in the Iran-Saudi rivalry. Saudi Arabia contributes significantly more aid to Yemen than Iran, which might be explained by Iran facing higher risks and limited strategic gains from investing in Yemen relative to Saudi Arabia.