Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael

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Peter van Ham

Director Global Governance Research

Dr Peter van Ham is Director of Global Governance Research and Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium). His research focuses on European security and defence issues, transatlantic relations, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and place branding. From 1996 to 2001, he was Professor of West European Politics at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Garmisch-Partenkirchen), and he has held research positions at the WEU Institute for Security Studies (Paris), the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London), Columbia University (New York) and COPRI (Denmark). He is a member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs to the Dutch Government (Peace and Security Committee), as well as a member of the editorial board of Security Dialogue (PRIO/Oslo).

Expertise

Transatlantic Relations, European security, WMD proliferation

(Current) Projects

• Transatlantic relations: security and culture;
• Globalization and the changing role of the European state;
• Postmodern forms of social power: Public diplomacy and placebranding

Positions

• Adjunct professor at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium);
• Member of the Advisory Board on International Affairs to the Dutch Government (Peace and Security Committee);
• Editorial board of Security Dialogue (PRIO, Oslo)

Education

Doctorate in Political Science, Leiden University (1991)

Languages

Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (good)

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