drs. H. (Erik) Sportel
Head of the Department of International Strategy and Relations

Expertise
Conflicts in the former Soviet Union (Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine), democratic governance (in the security sector), Security Sector Reform (SSR), parliamentary oversight, international negotiations, democratisation in the former Soviet Union and Western Balkans (specifically Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Other positions
- Senior Programme Manager at the Centre for European Security Studies (CESS), Groningen, the Netherlands
- Lecturer International Relations and International Organisation
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