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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How to build public support for defence spending in Europe
10 March 2026
Strategies for building a national consensus around higher defence investments and the trade-offs required.
What the Dutch elections mean for the Netherlands and for Europe
05 November 2025
Armida van Rij and Sander Tordoir decipher what the election results mean for The Netherlands and Europe more broadly.
