HCSS has a small but dedicated staff of full time analysts and non-resident subject matter experts from different countries, many of them graduates from major universities. Together, they contribute in-depth expertise in strategic studies, data science, political science, law, sociology, history, management sciences, economics, statistics and area studies, as well as language skills covering Dutch, English, French, German, Russian and Italian.
Experts
Analysts
Subject Matter Experts (non-resident)
Julien Bastrup-Birk
Strategic Advisor on Security and Organised Crime
Timo Behr
Strategic Advisor Middle East and Gulf affairs
Jilles van den Beukel
Strategic Advisor Energy
Pieter Bindt
Strategic Advisor
Patrick Bolder
Strategic Advisor Military Space and Unmanned Systems
Ardi Bouwers
Subject Matter Expert
Heiko Borchert
Subject Matter Expert
Saskia van Genugten
Strategic Advisor MENA security
Richard Ghiasy
Geopolitics Specialist
Erik van der Goot
Subject Matter Expert
Jaap van den Herik
Strategic Advisor
Jonathan Holslag
Senior Fellow
F.E. van Kappen
Senior Policy Advisor
Alexander Klimburg
Senior Fellow
Hans van der Louw
Defence Expert
Collin Meisel
Geopolitics and Modeling Expert
Richard Nugee
Special Strategic Advisor Climate Security
Willem Oosterveld
Senior Fellow
Christopher Painter
Principal Visiting Fellow
Jagannath Panda
Senior Fellow Indo-Pacific, Europe, India & East Asia (Japan, Korea & China)
Kees van Rij
Strategic Advisor International Affairs
Jeff Amrish Ritoe
Strategic Advisor Energy & Raw Materials
Helga Salemon
Russia and Kremlin Specialist
Friso Stevens
Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy Specialist
Paul Verhagen
Data Scientist & US Politics Specialist
Martijn Vlaskamp
Strategic Advisor Natural Resource Politics
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Senior Advisor National Security & Governance
Peter Wijninga
Defence Expert
Research Fellows
Yar Batoh
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Bohdan Novoshytskyi
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Maryna Kocherzhat
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Viktoriia Kravchyk
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Dmytro Parnak
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Ihor Tkhoruk
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Hryhorii Pavlenko
Research Fellow, HCSS Ukraine
Back Office
Daniella Kranendonk
Executive Secretary & HR Officer
Patrick Willemsen
PR and Communications Officer
Karlijn Velthuis
Management Assistant & Internship Coordinator
Leo Hauser
Controller
Remy Darricarrère
Financial Administration
Alessandra Barrow
PR and Communications Assistant