drs. Marije Balt

Marije Balt is foreign policy advisor and works with the Advisory Council on International Affairs. She is a former Netherlands government diplomat with nearly 25 years of experience working in and with fragile regions in the Balkans and Africa. She was posted at the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya from 2005 to 2010. Her firm SpringFactor research & consultancy has been working extensively with governments, companies, universities, the EU and NGOs. She also worked as a lecturer and taught more than 30 international relations courses to bachelor and master's students in the past 8 years. She is currently pursuing her PhD and focuses on EU foreign policy on the Sahel region.