Bob Deen
Head of the Security Unit at the Clingendael Institute
Bob Deen is the Head of the Security Unit of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations "Clingendael" and Coordinator of the Russia and Eastern Europe Centre. He is one of the leading Dutch think tank experts on Eastern Europe, with frequent appearances on national media. His research focuses on international security issues, geopolitics, multilateral co-operation, and inter-ethnic conflict, with a regional focus on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Mr Deen has over fifteen years of experience in international organisations, mainly at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as Head of Section (2011-15) and Senior Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (2015-20), working on Ukraine and Moldova. He also worked in Georgia as a Political Adviser for the EU (2008) and in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for a non-governmental aid organisation (2004-06). In 2018, he was appointed by the Council of Europe as a Member of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
Updated: April 23, 2025
