Emily ter Steeg works for the International Centre for Future Generations as an Academic and Science Liaison. Meanwhile, she is also doing her PhD in Development Economics at Wageningen University. ICFG is a think tank focused on existential risks within three focus areas: AI, biosecurity and...
Jan Hoekema is the Chairman of Pugwash Netherlands, alongside roles as an advisor, coach, mediator, and board member of several cultural and non-profit organisations. Jan has long been active in politics, non-proliferation, security, and nuclear policy, professionally and through personal...
A former EU diplomat, Ivo Walinga is a researcher and advisor specializing in East Asia's foreign policy, security, and political economy. He currently works as Research Fellow at the British think-tank Asia House from Seoul, where he researches the regional dynamics and green transition of...
Anthropologist, educator and politician, Angelien Eijsink served as Member of Parliament representing the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) from 2003 until March 2017, prior to this, working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1995. Focused on defence and security since entering parliament,...
Jeanine Hennis-Plassschaert was Minister of Defence in the Dutch Cabinet Rutte II (2012 – 2017).
Mr. Koenders joined the World Bank Group in 2019 as the Special Envoy on Fragility. Currently, he focuses on supporting the World Bank in strengthening its engagement in Fragile States mainly in the Middle-East and Africa regions. Mr. Koenders holds the Kooijmans Chair at the University of...