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ebakker@clingendael.nlEdwin Bakker
Head CSCP
Dr. Edwin Bakker is Head of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’.
He is a political geographer by training and received his doctorate at the University of Groningen (1997). In Groningen he published on intra state conflicts in Central and South-East Europe (PhD thesis on minority conflicts in Central Europe). As a lecturer at the Centre for International Conflict Analysis & Management (CICAM) of Nijmegen University (1997-2003) his research area shifted towards conflict management and the role of security organisations, in particular the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
At Clingendael, he has a research interest in non-conventional threats to international security, including jihadi terrorism in Europe. Edwin Bakker is on the editorial board of the Dutch journals 'Peace & Security' and ‘Internationale Spectator’, and the international journal ‘Quarterly on Security and Human Rights’.
His recent publications deal with terrorism-related tensions and conflicts in the Netherlands, trends and developments regarding Jihadi Terrorists in Europe, the evolution of Al-Qaedaism, and Differences in terrorist threat perceptions in Europe.
Expertise
- (International) Terrorism
- CBRN proliferation
- OSCE
- Ethnic conflicts
(Current) Projects
- Characteristics of Jihadi terrorists in Europe
- The development of Al Qaeda's ideology and practice
- Islamism in the Netherlands
- Implications of the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
- Future strategic environement
Positions
- Head of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme, The Hague, The Netherlands (since 2007)
- Senior research fellow, CSCP, Clingendael Institute, the Hague, The Netherlands (2003-2007)
- General secretary, Netherlands Helsinki Committee, the Hague, The Netherlands (since 2000)
- Lecturer at the Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management, Radboud University, Nijmegen (1997-2003)
- Researcher, Geopgraphy department, University of Groningen (1992-1997)
- Assistant, Polemological Institute, University of Groningen (1991-1992)
- Editor of the following journals: Security and Human Righst, Vrede & Veiligheid (Peace & Seurity), Internationale Spectator
- general of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee
Education
- Doctorate in Political Geography, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (1997)
- Masters in Economic Geography, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (1992)
- Erasmus scholarship, University of Tuebingen, Germany (1992)
Languages
Dutch (mother tongue), English (excellent), German (fair), French (basic).
Broadcast Experience
Extensive
Latest publications by Edwin Bakker: (more »)
- Terrorisme en politiek gewelddadig activisme in Nederland, Edwin Bakker, in: Jaarboek Vrede en Veiligheid 2008 – Bert Bomert, Theo van den Hoogen, Ramses A. Wessel (eds.)
- Muslims in the Netherlands: Tensions and Violent Conflict, Tinka Veldhuis & Edwin Bakker, in: Ethno-religious Conflict in Europe: Typologies of Radicalisation in Europe’s Muslim Communities, Michael Emmerson ed.
- A geography of terrorism in the Mediterranean region, Edwin Bakker, in: Dutch windows on the Mediteranean, Mamadouh, V., S.M. de Jong, F. Thissen, J. van der Schee & M. van Meeteren (eds.)
- Diplomatiek succes in Den Haag ook succes voor Afghanen?: kanttekeningen bij de Afghanistan-conferentie, Jaïr van der Lijn en Edwin Bakker (Summary)
- Voor kernwapens geldt: hoe minder hoe liever, Sico van der Meer en Edwin Bakker
- Het bondgenootschap kruipt uit het dal van de Irak-crisis: onenigheid en overeenstemming binnen de NAVO, Edwin Bakker (Summary)
- Veiligheid en conflicten in 2009, Edwin Bakker (Summary)