Episode 21: The Role of Belarus in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict A Global Perspective on European Politics

Tony van der Togt is a Senior Research Fellow at the Clingendael Russia and Eastern Europe Centre in

The Hague. After studying contemporary history in Amsterdam (Free University) and Nijmegen, he

had a long career as a Dutch diplomat, dealing with Eastern Europe and Central Asia, both in The

Hague and in Moscow, Almaty and as Dutch Consul-General in St. Petersburg. In 2013 he acted as

Dutch co-ordinator of the Netherlands-Russia bilateral year.

He has published widely on EU-Russia relations, the EU’s Eastern Partnership, Dutch-Russian bilateral

relations and the Eurasian Economic Union. He also participated in a number of dialogue platforms

with Russian and other international experts, including in the framework of the EU-Russia Expert

Network, the Minsk Dialogue and the Cooperative Security Initiative. At the moment he is also a

guest researcher at Leiden University, working on a PhD on Russian strategic narratives towards

Europe since 1991.

A full list of his publications is available at the Clingendael expert page: www.clingendael.org.