Columnist of de Volkskrant
René Cuperus
René Cuperus is an international specialist at the Clingendael Institute, Volkskrant columnist, author of The Atlas of Disconnected Netherlands, and a frequently sought-after interpreter of political and social trends by the media. His core theme is the vulnerability of Western democracy.
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Dagvoorzitter,Discussieleider,Keynote spreker
Employability:
Dagvoorzitter,Discussieleider,Keynote spreker,
About René Cuperus
René Cuperus is an international specialist at the Clingendael Institute, Volkskrant columnist, author of The Atlas of Disconnected Netherlands (with Josse de Voogd), and a frequently sought-after interpreter of political and social trends by the media.
He delivers inspiring and thought-provoking lectures and workshops for the national government, municipalities, businesses, universities, and cultural-social institutions. From the police to the cultural heritage sector. From Defense to the corporate boardroom.
His core theme is the vulnerability of Western democracy, both external and internal. This includes the geopolitical threat posed by autocratic challengers (China, Russia, Iran, America?). And internal division and fragmentation: new societal fault lines; polarization in bubbles; the clash between populism, ‘woke’ thinking, and technocracy; the administrative impotence of contemporary government and our faltering capacity for innovation.
Cuperus is a political and cultural historian, member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV), and guest researcher at the Germany Institute of the University of Amsterdam. He worked as a strategic advisor at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Interior.