Engin Yüksel
Research Associate
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Although associates are not employees of the Clingendael Institute, they comply with all policies that Clingendael staff do.
Expertise
- Security and Defence
Regions
- Europe
- Middle East & North Africa
Engin Yüksel is a Research Associate at the Security Unit of the Clingendael Institute. His research focuses on strategy and international security with a particular emphasis on Russian military posture, doctrine, its conceptualization of modern warfare especially in recent conflicts.
He has over ten years of experience in national/international Defense & Security organizations. Prior to joining Clingendael, Engin worked as an analyst at NATO’s Operational Level Command in the Netherlands. In this capacity, he helped decision-makers to increase situational awareness of the crises along NATO’s Eastern and Southern borders, for example, through the application of advanced system analysis and knowledge development methods.
Engin holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University. He is currently undertaking Ph.D. research at the University of Leiden in the area of Russia’s historical and contemporary approaches to warfare.
