Middle East & North Africa

Research

Conflict and Fragility

Op-ed

Dubai Ports World as the UAE Foreign Policy Tool

18 Feb 2020 - 11:42
Source: Pexels, Frans van Heerden
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Securitising Emirati economic interests in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa
The UAE expands its influence in the Horn of Africa through the corporate giant Dubai Ports World, to contend with other regional powers.
External authors
Ayse Kocak - MSc student at United Nations University-MERIT, previously working for the Clingendael Institute, NATO HQ & Council of Europe

Research

Europe in the World

Reports and papers

World Climate and Security Report 2020

13 Feb 2020 - 16:15
Tom Middendorp
Louise van Schaik
Source: ? U.S. Army Service Members return to the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist with disaster relief operations in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Sept. 23, 2017. U.S U.S. Army / Pvt. AlleeA Oliver/released
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“climate-proofing” international security
“Climate change poses significant risks to global security, which could become catastrophic in the next two decades," says Tom Middendorp at the launch event of the report, at #MSC2020.

Research

Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

The Syrian Desert Hawks: flying no more

12 Feb 2020 - 18:25
Source: Syria, 2008. © Photo RNW.org
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The Desert Hawks were a pro-Assad paramilitary group of 5,000 - 12,000 fighters that fought in the Syrian civil war between 2014 - 2017. Its postmortem highlights how the politics of coercion and the economics of loyalty can link in a wartime autocracy. Having amassed their fortune and influence in Syria before 2011 as part of the patronage systems of the Assad family, the brothers Mohammad, Ayman and Ibrahim Jaber created the Desert Hawks when wartime manpower shortages threatened regime survival.

External authors
Christopher Solomon - Middle East analyst and U.S. defense consultant

Events

Security and Defence

The World in 2120
Europe/Amsterdam 10 2020 10:00
Source: SIB Utrecht
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Introduction
This symposium is organized by SIB-Utrecht (student association). Research Fellow Sico van der Meer will join the panel discussion 2120: worst case scenarios.

Location:

Instituto Cervantes, Domplein 3, Utrecht

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Nienke van Heukelingen

Nienke van Heukelingen

Research Fellow

Expertise

  • Europe in the World
  • Migration

Regions

  • Europe
  • Middle East & North Africa

Nienke van Heukelingen works at Clingendael’s EU & Global Affairs Unit. In her capacity as Research Fellow, Nienke’s work primarily revolves around EU-Turkey relations as well as Turkey’s role and impact in its region. Nienke has published various policy briefs, reports, and alerts and regularly contributes to various national media (Radio 1, BNR, NOS). 

My work

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Publications

Migration

Geopolitieke contexten als oorzaken van migratie naar Nederland

17 January 2024 - 10:40
Saskia Hollander
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Europe in the World

Unravelling Turkish involvement in the Sahel

28 July 2023 - 13:36
Andrew Lebovich
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Conflict and Fragility

Experts insights: Turkse verkiezingen

07 June 2023 - 09:45
Nienke van Heukelingen
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Migration

With or without Erdoğan, we need to talk about refugees again

09 May 2023 - 13:00
Migration

Het Turkse diasporabeleid in Nederland

24 April 2023 - 06:01
Conflict and Fragility

Policing the police: Libya & the EU

01 December 2022 - 12:26
Europe in the World

All eyes on Ankara

29 March 2022 - 09:36
Europe in the World

A new formula for collaboration: Turkey, the EU & North Africa

21 March 2022 - 13:42
Security and Defence

Beyond Turkey’s ‘zero problems’ policy

19 January 2022 - 10:52
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Events

Europe in the World

State of the union 2022: War in Europe and its aftershocks

28 September 2022 - 09:00
Security and Defence

De burger in de kou: wat kan Europa doen?

23 September 2022 - 16:00
Europe and the EU

Debat: Vooruitblik Staat van de Unie 2022

01 September 2022 - 15:00
Europe in the World

Event: A new formula for collaboration- Turkey, EU & North Africa

05 April 2022 - 14:00
Europe in the World

Looking back: State of the Union Conference 2021

28 September 2021 - 13:00
Europe and the EU

Debat 'Staat van de Unie: de nabeschouwing'

20 September 2021 - 15:00
Europe and the EU

Debat: Vooruitblik Staat van de Unie 2021

08 September 2021 - 10:00
Europe in the World

State of the Union – Europe caught up in polycrisis?

02 November 2020 - 13:00

Events

Security and Defence

Iran: Beyond the Headlines
05 Feb 2020 19:15 - 21:00
Source: Museum van de Heilige Verdediging in Teheran. © Ninara / Flickr
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Introduction
This event is organized by the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society. Research Fellow, Sico van der Meer will be a speaker.

Location:

Leiden University, Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Room A1.44

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Research

Conflict and Fragility

Articles

Into the Libya Vortex

14 Jan 2020 - 13:16
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Interview with Jalel Harchaoui
In an interview, Jalel Harchaoui discusses the regional repercussions of the proxy war in North Africa.
External authors
Jalel Harchaoui - former research fellow at the Clingendael Institute
Frederic Wehrey - Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Research

Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

Libya’s Haftar and the Fezzan: One year on

13 Jan 2020 - 13:51
Source: Sebha, city in Libya © Mauricio Morales, 2019
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Since early 2019, Libya’s eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar has exerted significant efforts to position his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) as the territorially-dominant force across the country’s western half.
External authors
Jonathan Tossell - former junior researcher at the Clingendael Institute

Research

Security and Defence

Op-ed

The Debate around Returning Foreign Fighters in the Netherlands

13 Jan 2020 - 10:42
Goos Hofstee
Source: ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies)
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The current response to the threat of returning foreign fighters in the Netherlands can be characterised as a combination of preparation and denial. Read the commentary by Goos Hofstee.

Research

Conflict and Fragility

Op-ed

How to stop Libya's collapse

08 Jan 2020 - 10:46
Source: Protestors in Tripoli denounce calls to divide the country into three autonomous regions / Magharebia
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Countering Warlords, Foreign Meddlers, and Economic Malaise
In April 2019, Khalifa Haftar, the militia commander whose forces control much of eastern Libya, began an assault on the capital, Tripoli, in an effort to topple the country’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). But instead of a swift, decisive victory establishing Haftar as Libya’s undisputed leader, the offensive resulted in a stalemate.
External authors
Jalel Harchaoui - former research fellow at the Clingendael Institute
Frederic Wehrey - Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
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