Royal Holloway, University of London

Graduate Student, Politics and International Relations

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Pepijn van Houwelingen holds a BSc in Public Administration, an MSc in International Relations and an MA in Philosophy, all from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). His MSc dissertation investigated the Palestinian refugee problem in the Middle East, with a particular focus on the tension between international and regional actors and their inability to come to a solution. Pepijn has undertaken fieldwork for his dissertation in Israel, Palestine and Jordan. His MA dissertation focused on a similar topic – international law vs. power politics – in the light of the political theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Pepijn has a wide range of research interests, most importantly European and global politics, critical/radical theory, international security and conditions of war and peace. His PhD thesis will examine the European Union’s policy in the Middle East. Pepijn is also co-editor and book review editor of the Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies.

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