Sergei Boeke
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- Mr. dr. S. Boeke
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Sergei Boeke is a Guest Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and a non-resident Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT). His research focuses on counter-terrorism in the Sahel, the transition from military intervention to long-term political strategy, cyber-security governance, and the place of intelligence and surveillance in democratic societies.
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Sergei Boeke is a Guest Researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs and a non-resident Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT). His research focuses on counter-terrorism in the Sahel, the transition from military intervention to long-term political strategy, cyber-security governance, and the place of intelligence and surveillance in democratic societies.
His doctorate, defended at Leiden in 2022, examines the evolution of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since the 2012 crisis in Mali, and the responses of Mali and the international community. Structured as a collection of five articles, it draws on captured AQIM correspondence, AQIM media output, and fieldwork in the region; the constituent papers appeared in venues including Small Wars & Insurgencies, the Journal of Strategic Studies, and Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.
Boeke completed officer training in the Royal Netherlands Navy and read law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specialising in international and criminal law. He served on Dutch warships and with the Second Marine Battalion, deploying to southern Iraq in 2003–2004; held a fellowship at the Clingendael Institute; and worked in the Dutch diplomatic service at the Department of Political Affairs. From 2008 he supported Dutch comprehensive-approach work on Afghanistan at the Ministry of Defence, and in 2011 completed nine months of training for senior civil servants at the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in Strasbourg. He joined ISGA and ICCT in 2013. From 2019 to 2026 he served as a Political Advisor (POLAD) to Allied Joint Support & Enabling Command (JSEC), in Ulm, Germany, and he is currently awaiting accreditation as an EU Military Advisor (MILAD).
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- Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- War, Peace and Justice
- Boeke S. (16 June 2022), Understanding Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: responses to terrorist tactics and insurgent strategies (Dissertatie. Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Bakker E. & Berg B. van den.
- Boeke S. (2020), Creating a secure and functional rear area : NATO’s new JSEC Headquarters, NATO Review : .
- Veen J. & Boeke S. (2020), No Backdoors: Investigating the Dutch Standpoint on Encryption, Policy & Internet : .
- Boeke S. & Valk G.G. de (2019), The Unforeseen 2012 Crisis in Mali: The Diverging Outcomes of Risk and Threat Analyses, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism : .
- Broeders D.W.J. Boeke S. Georgieva I. (2019), Foreign intelligence in the digital age. Navigating a state of ‘unpeace’. The Hague: The Hague Program for Cyber Norms. [policy paper].
- Boeke S. & Broeders D.W.J. (2018), The Demilitarisation of Cyber Conflict, Survival 60(6): 73-90.
- Boeke S. (2018), Hackers, wiz kids, en offensieve cyberoperaties. Uitdagingen voor het Defensie Cyber Commando, Atlantisch Perspectief 46(5): 27-30.
- Boeke S. (2017), National cyber crisis management: Different European approaches, Governance : .
- Boeke S. & Chauzal G. (2017), Le G5 Sahel: une avancée de la coopération régionale pour la paix et la sécurité. In: Novosseloff A. (Ed.), Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales. Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales no. 2017. Paris: Université Panthéon-Assas Centre Thucydide. 569-579.
- Boeke S. (2016), Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Terrorism, insurgency, or organized crime?, Small Wars and Insurgencies 27(5): 914-936.
- Boeke S. (2016), First Responder or Last Resort? The role of the Ministry of Defence in national cyber crisis management in four European countries. Den Haag: Universiteit Leiden.
- Boeke S. & Roy van Zuijdewijn J. de (2016), Transitioning from military interventions to long-term counter-terrorism policy: The case of Libya (2011-2016). Journal of Security and Global Affairs: Leiden University – Institute of Security and Global Affairs.
- Boeke S. & Schuurman B.W. (2015), Operation ‘Serval’: A Strategic Analysis of the French Intervention in Mali, 2013–2014, Journal of Strategic Studies 38(6): 801-825.
- Boeke S., Heinl C.H. & Venendaal M.A. (2015), Civil-Military relations and International Military cooperation in cyber Security: common challenges & State Practices across Asia and Europe, International Conference on Cyber Conflict 7th: 69-80.
- Boeke S. & Tisseron A. (2014), Mali's Long Road Ahead, 159(5): 32-40.
- Boeke S. (2014), Combining Exit with Strategy: Transitioning from Short-Term Military Interventions to a Long-Term Counter-Terrorism Policy.
- Boeke S. (2014), Nederlandse oren en ogen in Mali, Atlantisch Perspectief Jaargang 38(1): .