Niels Drost

Research Fellow

Expertise

  • Security and Defence
  • Russia & Eastern Europe
  • International security

Regions

  • Europe
  • Russia & Central Asia

Niels Drost is a Research Fellow at the Security Unit and the Russia & Eastern Europe Centre (CREEC) of the Clingendael Institute. His research primarily focuses on contemporary politics and security issues in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. 

Niels holds an MA in International Relations in Historical Perspective (cum laude) from Utrecht University, a BA in International Studies (cum laude), majoring in Russia and Eurasia, from Leiden University, and a BA in Journalism from Hogeschool Utrecht. Prior to joining Clingendael, Niels studied Russian language and literature at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg and worked as a freelance journalist for Dutch regional and national broadcasters.

My work

31

Publications

Migration

Uitdagingen bij een langdurige oorlog

03 November 2023 - 16:10
Russia & Eastern Europe

After Putin, the deluge?

02 October 2023 - 12:40
Russia & Eastern Europe

Russian influence in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro

17 August 2023 - 14:08
EU integration

Oekraïense en Russische gemeenschappen in Nederland

17 May 2023 - 11:09
Migration

In gespannen afwachting van het lente-offensief

15 May 2023 - 15:11
Migration

Beschermingsopdracht Oekraïense ontheemden

13 February 2023 - 15:40
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Events

Russia & Eastern Europe

1 jaar oorlog in Oekraïne: Q&A met Clingendael-experts

24 February 2023 - 13:00

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