Hans Binnendijk

Hans Binnendijk (deep state functionary)
Nationality	US
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Member of	Albert Einstein Institution, Atlantic Council, Center for European Policy Analysis, Center for a New American Security, Council on Foreign Relations/Members, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies/Fellows, The Alphen Group

Hans Binnendijk is a is a US deep state functionary, a member of Atlantic Council and RAND corporation, and deeply involved with NATO.

Career

He received his B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania and his MALD and his PhD in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Dr. Hans Binnendijk is a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Dr. Binnendijk has championed a more aggressive NATO policy, including NATO enlargement, creation of the NATO Response Force, development of NATO’s Comprehensive Approach (military use of civilian entities, involving international organisations and NGOs..."NATO’s information campaigns must be complemented by sustained and coherent public messages"), deployment of NATO Battle Groups in the Baltic States, and a new NATO readiness initiative.

He is also an adjunct political scientist at the RAND Corporation.

Previously, he was a senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies. Until 2012, he was the Vice President for Research at the National Defense University and Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies. He previously served twice on the National Security Council staff as senior director for Defense Policy and Arms Control (1999-2001) and earlier as an officer for Southern European Affairs (1976-1977). He also served as deputy director and acting director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff and as deputy staff director and legislative director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

In academia, he was director of Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and deputy director and director of studies of London’s Institute for International Strategic Studies. He has received numerous awards for his government service, including three Distinguished Public Service Awards and a Superior Service Award, in addition to receiving the Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany.

He is Board Member of Humanity in Action, a grooming program to create a cadre of promising young leaders around the world.

He is a member of the Studies Committee for the Council on Foreign Relations and the militarist pressure group Center for a New American Security.

Binnendijk is author, coauthor, or editor of nearly 20 books and has written over 200 articles, editorials, and reports.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Brussels Forum/2010	26 March 2010	28 March 2010	Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2011	25 March 2011	27 March 2011	Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/2009	2009	2009	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2011	4 February 2011	6 February 2011	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2012	3 February 2012	5 February 2012	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2014	31 January 2014	2 February 2014	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 50th Munich Security Conference

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