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Paul Belien is the founder and editor of The Brussels Journal, a key counterjihad movement blog.
Contents
History
Belien worked as a professional journalist in both Belgium and the Netherlands. In 1994 he founded the Brussels-based think tank Centre for the New Europe (CNE). His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Spectator, The Independent and elsewhere.[1]
He holds a degree in law with specialization in social security law and European law (University of Ghent, Belgium) and a doctorate in international studies (University of Buckingham, UK).[2] In 2010, he was employed as 'personal assistant' by Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders.[3]
He is also an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute and is married to Alexandra Colen, an MP in the far-right Belgian Vlaams Belang party.[4]
Counterjihad role
Eurabia
Belien promoted Bat Ye'or's 'Eurabia' thesis by providing leading proponents like Fjordman - one of the inspirations for Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik - a platform on his Brussels Journal.[5].
Neocon Nexus
In December 2006, the Middle East Forum appointed Belien as director of Islamist Watch.[1]
International Free Press Society
In 2009 Belien was vice-president of the board of directors of the International Free Press Society (IFPS) alonside Ned May of the Gates of Vienna blog, Christine Brim and Lars Hedegaard, founder of the original Free Press Society in Denmark.[4]
Affiliations
- Centre for the New Europe
- Hudson Institute
- Middle East Forum
- CounterJihad Europa
- Islamist Watch
- International Free Press Society
- Hudson Institute
Connections
External Resources
- Paul Belien - Wikipedia page
- Paul Belien - Hudson Institute page
Publications
- A Throne in Brussels: Britain, the Saxe-Coburgs, and the Belgianisation of Europe (Imprint Academic, 2005)
- Visions of Europe, coauthored with Lady Thatcher, et al. (Duckworth, 1994)
- Consumer-Driven Health Care, coauthored with Regina Herzlinger, et al. (Jossey-Bass, 2004).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul Belien Appointed Director of Islamist Watch, Middle East Forum, 11 December 2006.
- ↑ Paul Belien Appointed Director of Islamist Watch, Middle East Forum, 11 December 2006.
- ↑ Christophe Callewaert, Paul Belien will become “Personal Assistant” of Geert Wilders, De Wereld Morgen, 3 September 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Daniel Luban and Eli Clifton, POLITICS: Dutch Foe of Islam Ignores US Allies' Far Right Ties, Inter Press Service, 28 February 2009.
- ↑ list of Fjordman, [http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1401 The Eurabia Code part 1, The Eurabia Code part 2, The Eurabia Code part 3, The Eurabia Code part 4, October 2006
