Bob Deen

Senior Research Fellow / Coordinator Russia and Eastern Europe Centre

Expertise

  • Security and Defence
  • Russia & Eastern Europe Centre

Regions

  • Europe
  • Russia & Central Asia

Bob Deen joined the Clingendael Institute as Senior Research Fellow and team leader on Security and Defence since March 2020. He is the Coordinator of the Russia and Eastern Europe Centre. His research focuses on international security issues, geopolitics, multilateral co-operation and inter-ethnic conflict, with a particular emphasis on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Current research subjects include European strategic autonomy and Russian foreign and security policy.

He has over 15 years of experience in international governmental and non-governmental organizations, mainly for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as Head of Section and Senior Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. He also worked in Georgia as a Political Adviser for the EU and in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for a non-governmental aid organization. In 2018 he was appointed by the Council of Europe as member of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

He holds a Masters degree in Nationalism and Ethnicity (distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Masters degree in International Relations/International Organizations (cum laude) from the University of Groningen. He has lectured at various Dutch universities, including at Leiden University College for the course ‘Foreign Policy and Diplomacy’.

My work

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Publicaties

Europe in the World

Christmas reads & must-watch videos 2022

22 December 2022 - 09:00
Russia & Eastern Europe Centre

Ruslandbeeld Nederlanders kantelt en is minder gepolariseerd

14 November 2022 - 15:13
Security and Defence

Moldova’s vulnerabilities amid war in Ukraine

30 September 2022 - 16:13
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Events

Russia & Eastern Europe Centre

REKA Conferentie 2022: Een nieuwe realiteit in Oost-Europa

28 June 2022 - 14:00
Europe and the EU

Keynote By Ukranian Deputy MFA Emine Dzhaparova

14 June 2022 - 15:00
Russia & Eastern Europe Centre

Clingendael Leest: Gronings Goud van Wendelmoet Boersema

25 April 2022 - 17:00
Europe in the World

Clingendael Newsroom: Oekraïne

10 March 2022 - 20:00
Russia & Eastern Europe Centre

Rusland & Oost-Europa Kennisalliantie

14 September 2021 - 14:00
Russia & Eastern Europe Centre

Defending democracy against its adversaries

26 March 2021 - 17:00
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News