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Jos Boonstra

Senior Researcher

Jos Boonstra has an MA in International Relations (2000) and one in History (1997) from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Prior to joining FRIDE, he was Programme Manager at the Centre for European Security Studies (CESS), Groningen, the Netherlands. At CESS some of his English-language publications included:

• ‘Higher Organisation of Defence: a Comparative Overview of Six European States. The Case for an Integrated Defence Organisation’, in Sami Faltas and Sander Jansen (ed.), Governance and the Military: Perspectives for Change in Turkey, CESS Harmonie Paper No. 19, April 2006
• ‘Macedonia’ y ‘Serbia and Montenegro’ in D. Greenwood (ed.), The Western Balkans Candidates for NATO Membership and Partnership, CESS Harmonie Paper No. 18, December 2005
• Defence Reform Initiative for Bosnia and Herzegovina / Serbia and Montenegro. The Drina project’ Centre for European Security Studies, Occasional Paper No. 2, October 2005 (Editor)
• ‘From a Weak State to a Reunified Moldova: New Opportunities to Resolve the Transdniestria Conflict, NATO Defence College, Research Paper No. 23, October 2005

Geo tags

Caucasus Central Asia and Russia Eastern Europe and Russia Turkey Western Balkans

Expert in

Civil Military Relations Civil society Democracy promotion Democratic control Energy Security ESDP EU European Neighbourhood Policy International organisations NATO OSCE Partnership for Peace Security Security Sector Reform

Spoken languages

Dutch, English, German

Written languages

Dutch, English

Expert publications

• 24/02/2010 - Into EurAsia: Monitoring the EU's Central Asia Strategy

• 28/01/2010 - EU Assistance to Central Asia: Back to the Drawing Board?

• 23/11/2009 - The EU, Central Asia and Security Sector Reform

• 16/04/2009 - Moldova: The next generation revolution?

• 01/04/2009 - NATO turns 60: how can it stay healthy?

• 19/12/2008 - Defending human rights and promoting democracy

• 19/12/2008 - Is the European Union supporting democracy in its neighbourhood?

• 22/10/2008 - Russia and Central Asia: from disinterest to eager leadership

• 14/10/2008 - The EU Strategy for Central Asia: year one

• 12/09/2008 - The politics of energy

• 22/08/2008 - Georgia and Russia: a short war with a long aftermath

• 11/08/2008 - Georgia and Russia at war

• 02/07/2008 - How serious is the EU about supporting democracy and human rights in its neighbourhood?

• 29/05/2008 - How serious is the EU about supporting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan?

• 13/03/2008 - NATO: what to expect from the Bucharest Summit

• 20/02/2008 - Kosovo: the road ahead

• 30/10/2007 - OSCE democracy promotion: grinding to a halt?

• 01/05/2007 - NATO's Role in Democratic Reform

• 01/02/2007 - Moldova, Transnistria and European Democracy Policies

• 10/01/2007 - New Governments, New Directions in European Foreign Policies?

• 01/11/2006 - Constitutional referendum in Serbia: democratic reform and Euro-Atlantic integration on hold?

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