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ExploringGeopolitics is an independent, non-profit website that seeks to foster the dialogue between the academic world and policy makers, business community and journalists.
It offers valuable academic insights into key geopolitical questions by giving the floor to people who are specialised in areas such as geography, political studies, sociology and international relations.
By humanising geopolitical thought, it aims to cover the ground between academic journals and mass media. Experts in the field can speak freely and unedited, but do so in a way that allows for a broad audience.
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Leonhardt van Efferink is a PhD student at Royal Holloway, University of London.
The key objective of his research is to bring clarity in how the use of text and image by newspapers leads to particular representations that (de)legitimise the sending of national troops to Afghanistan.
For more information about his PhD:
Leonhardt van Efferink: Geopolitical scripts and the (de)legitimisation of ISAF
The editor holds Master’s degrees in Geopolitics, Territory and Security (King’s College London) and Financial Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
He worked as a senior country risk analyst at three financial institutions and was a senior policy adviser at the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
Mr Van Efferink founded the Dutch website Geopolitiek.nl in 2006 (online until 2008), followed by ExploringGeopolitics in 2009.
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