Jonathan
Holslag works on international politics and Asian affairs at the Free
University of Brussels. His work focuses on international security and Europe’s
position in the global order.
In
2015, Singapore’s Straits Times named him one of Europe’s most influential Asia
experts.
Jonathan
has written five books. His work was translated into seven different languages.
Jonathan has written over 40 academic papers.
Shorter
pieces of his hand appeared in news outlets like the Financial Times, the
Guardian, South China Morning Post, European Voice, the Wall Street Journal,
the Globalist, Foreign Policy, the Harvard International Review and EU
Observer.
He
is a guest lecturer at the Belgian Defense Academy, the Dutch Defense College
and the NATO Defense College.
Jonathan
advised Fortune Global 500 companies on their Asia strategy and is a frequent
speaker at internal briefings at board and high executive level.
Jonathan founded the Friday Group, a reflection group
of young Belgian leaders, supported by the King Baudouin Foundation. He sits on
the Scientific Board of the Royal Military Academy and the Board of the Flemish
Council for Foreign Affairs. In 2015, he was appointed Special Advisor to the
first Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans, and a
member of the wise men group of the Belgian Minister of Defence.