Auke Venema is Senior Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute. His research focuses on security and defence issues, including the development of the European security architecture, EU-NATO relations, international defence cooperation, resilience, Research&Technology and defence innovation.
After studying contemporary history at Utrecht University, Auke Venema worked for the Netherlands Atlantic Commission. He took up his first job at the Ministry of Defence as a lecturer at the Royal Naval Institute. Subsequently, he served the MoD in many functions, fulfilling a range of duties at the Military Intelligence and Security Service and the Directorate for International Affairs. After co-authoring an advisory report on the future of security and defence for the Scientific Council for Government Policy, Auke Venema returned to the MoD for his latest assignment as the head of the Knowledge & Innovation Department.
