Armida van Rij
Armida van Rij
Senior research fellow
Areas of expertise
Security and NATO, transatlantic relations, European politics, and the impact of populism on security policy.
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BBC News - The Context: EU leaders meeting to discuss Greenland
22 January 2026
Armida van Rij spoke to The Context as EU leaders met to discuss Greenland and the ongoing crisis in transatlantic relations.
‘We moeten onze defensie-industrie opschalen, dat kan niet door Amerikaanse wapens te blijven kopen’
NRC Handelsblad
20 January 2026
Europa kende crisis na crisis -financiële crisis, corona, invasie van Rusland. Dus er is niet veel capaciteit om vooruit te denken, ziet Armida van Rij. Toch is dat noodzakelijk, om afbrokkeling van de EU en NAVO te voorkomen.
Yle News: Trump comes up with new Greenland demands before meeting
14 January 2026
Armida van Rij spoke to YLE News as Donald Trump makes new Greenland demands, "Europe should look to work much more closely with its partners to try and put an alternative on the table," (from 8.05 mins).
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Greenland and the NATO alliance
14 January 2026
Armida van Rij and Sten Rynning discuss how the Greenland crisis may become a turning point for the NATO alliance's future direction.
Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far-right proxies
The Guardian
08 January 2026
US tech bosses are exerting leverage on EU regulators via Trump and Vance. But Europe isn’t powerless, and it isn’t alone.
The unshared futures of the United States and Europe
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
16 December 2025
America and Europe have been bound together for more than 250 years. Whose ideology will define their future?
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The far right and democratic backsliding in Europe
03 December 2025
Armida van Rij, Zselyke Csaky and Catherine E. De Vries discuss the far right and the state of democracy in Europe.
PBS: The rise of Germany's new right
04 November 2025
CER senior fellow Armida van Rij features in this PBS Frontline documentary about Germany's far right. She discusses how far right parties have become part of the political process in much of Europe, how Russia is using tactics to weaken social cohesion and achieve its aims to divide and destabilise Europe through far right politicians, and the ideological convergence between MAGA and the European far right.
NPO Radio 1: Coalition of the Willing komt bijeen in Londen: wat ligt er op tafel?
24 October 2025
Armida van Rij, senior onderzoeker bij het Centre for European Reform, vertelt wat er vandaag op tafel ligt.
Taking the Pulse: Does France's political crisis weaken Europe's geopolitical hand?
Carnegie Endowment
09 October 2025
France's political permacrisis is bad news for European rearmament efforts. As long as there is political instability, discussions on the country's budget, including defense allocations, will continue to be held hostage.