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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).<ref>[http://www.meforum.org/press/1070 Paul Belien Appointed Director of Islamist Watch], Middle East Forum, 11 December 2006.</ref> In 2010, he was employed as 'personal assistant' by Dutch far-right MP [[Geert Wilders]].<ref>Christophe Callewaert, [http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/09/paul-belien-goes-to-work-for-geert.html Paul Belien will become “Personal Assistant” of Geert Wilders], ''De Wereld Morgen'', 3 September 2010</ref>
 
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).<ref>[http://www.meforum.org/press/1070 Paul Belien Appointed Director of Islamist Watch], Middle East Forum, 11 December 2006.</ref> In 2010, he was employed as 'personal assistant' by Dutch far-right MP [[Geert Wilders]].<ref>Christophe Callewaert, [http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/09/paul-belien-goes-to-work-for-geert.html Paul Belien will become “Personal Assistant” of Geert Wilders], ''De Wereld Morgen'', 3 September 2010</ref>
  
He is also an adjunct fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]] and is married to [[Alexandra Colen]], an MP in the Belgian [[Vlaams Belang]] party.<ref>Daniel Luban and Eli Clifton, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45928 POLITICS: Dutch Foe of Islam Ignores US Allies' Far Right Ties], Inter Press Service, 28 February 2009.</ref>
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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.<ref>Daniel Luban and Eli Clifton, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45928 POLITICS: Dutch Foe of Islam Ignores US Allies' Far Right Ties], Inter Press Service, 28 February 2009.</ref>
  
 
==Counterjihad role==
 
==Counterjihad role==

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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 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]

Affiliations

Connections

External Resources

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