Paul Belien
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Paul Belien is the founder and editor of The Brussels Journal blog.
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 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]
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
- ↑ 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