Niels van Willigen

Niels van Willigen is an associate professor of international relations in the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. His professional interests include theories of international relations, foreign policy analysis, and security studies – particularly peace operations, arms control, and European security. His publications appeared, amongst others, in European Journal of International Relations, International Peacekeeping, and The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Van Willigen is involved in educational programs for foreign policy and defence professionals and is regularly invited to expert meetings at foreign policy and defence institutions. He is also a non-resident senior fellow in the Peace & Security Section of the Global Governance Institute (GGI).