Rob de Wijk is professor of International Relations at Leiden University. He is a historian and expert on international relations and security issues. Would you like Professor Rob de Wijk to come speak at your event? Then make a quick request through ShowBird!
Rob de Wijk is professor of International Relations at Leiden University. He studied Contemporary History and International Relations in Groningen, and received his doctorate on NATO's "Flexibility in Response" strategy from the Department of Political Science at Leiden University.
Professor De Wijk began his career in 1977 as a freelance journalist and later became a lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Political Science at Leiden University. He also worked at the Ministry of Defense, where he played an important role in restructuring the Dutch armed forces in the early 1990s.
Currently, he is also founder and director of the Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS). HCSS helps governments and the private sector understand the rapidly changing environment and seeks
to anticipate the challenges of the future with policy solutions and advice.
In 2012, he was appointed managing director of The Hague Security Delta (HSD). HSD aims to develop the Hague - Rotterdam region into an internationally renowned security cluster, by bringing together business, government and knowledge institutions.
He is currently chairman of the National Security Denktank and a columnist for the national newspaper Trouw and monthly for Energiepodium.nl.
He is a member of the Strategic Advisors Group of the Atlantic Council in Washington and of the Senior Steering Group of the NATO Special Forces Headquarters in Bergen.
He also recently became chairman of Holland Space Cluster, in which industry, research and government work together to strengthen the Dutch space sector.
Other positions he has held include director of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Program and professor of International Relations at the Royal Military Academy.
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