Mr. Frans Paul van der Putten

Frans Paul van der Putten is a senior research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’. His research covers the geopolitical consequences of China as an emerging major power, in particular in relation to the Chinese new silk road (One Belt One Road) initiative. At Clingendael he is also a coordinator for the institute’s geostrategic risk analyses for the private sector. Before joining Clingendael in 2007, Frans Paul van der Putten worked as a researcher at Nyenrode Business University. He was trained as a historian at Leiden University, where he obtained his master’s (1994) and PhD (2001) degrees.