Dr Tim Sweijs

Dr. Tim Sweijs is the Director of Research at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). His work is multidisciplinary in nature and straddles political science, science and technology, strategic studies, and war studies. He is the initiator, creator and author of numerous books, articles and studies on strategic foresight, interstate coercion (compellence and deterrence), war’s past, present and future, emerging technologies, international norms and regimes, alliances and alignments, defence and national security planning for small and middle powers, and strategy and capability development. At HCSS, he is responsible for the overall research portfolio of the institute, spearheading a staff of over 30 researchers and a large network of affiliated subject matter experts, working on international and national security. He has advised international organisations, governments and defence departments across the globe. He has provided expert testimony to the United Nations Security Council, the European Parliament, the Dutch Parliament, as well as to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly. He regularly comments on international affairs in national and international media and guest-lectures at Leiden University and King’s College London, amongst others.