Joachim A. Koops is the Chair of Security Studies and the Scientific Director of Leiden University's Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) in The Hague. He formerly served as Dean of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's (VUB) Vesalius College of Global Affairs and Director of the Global Governance Institute (GGI) in Brussels. Joachim's research focuses on global security governance, European foreign policy and diplomacy, and inter-organizational relations in peace and security (including peacekeeping, peacebuilding, crisis management, and the responsibility to protect), with a particular emphasis on the role of the European Union, NATO, and the UN. He is interested in academic reform, creative teaching, quality assurance, and the future of global education in the field of higher education policy and management.
