Dr. Ben de Jong is a guest researcher in the field of intelligence services at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University. He was previously a guest researcher at the University of Amsterdam.

More information about Ben de Jong

Over the years Ben de Jong has written on Russian politics and intelligence history, among other topics. In late 2020 a book was published on a major figure in the history of Dutch intelligence: 'Op de bres voor de rechtsstaat in het Verzet en bij de BVD. Ad de Jonge (1919-2002)' [In Defence of Democracy: in the Resistance and with the Dutch security service BVD].

For more information about the book follow this link:
https://leidensecurityandglobalaffairs.nl/articles/the-life-and-times-of-a-bvd-official-ad-de-jonge-1919-2002

Publications

• Eleni Braat & Ben de Jong, 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Precarious State of a Double Agent during the Cold War', International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, juli 2022
• Eleni Braat & Ben de Jong, 'Revealed: untold story of the CIA/Stasi double agent abandoned after 22 years of service', juli 2022
• Ben de Jong, ‘Poetin ligt niet wakker van burgerslachtoffers', Reformatorisch Dagblad, 25 februari 2022. 
• Ben de Jong, Book Review. James Hanning (2021), 'Love & Deception: Philby in Beirut'. London: Corsair, 408pp., Security & Defence Quarterly (Warsaw), 12 March 2022.  
• Ben de Jong, ‘Amerikaanse inlichtingendiensten en de Russische invasie,’ Clingendael Spectator, Magazine voor internationale betrekkingen, 6 april 2022.
• Ben de Jong, ‘Operation Mincemeat: de grootste misleidingsoperatie ooit?’ Clingendael Spectator, Magazine voor internationale betrekkingen, 15 juni 2022.