dr. B.M. (Ben) de Jong
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Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Science
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Spuistraat
134
1012 VB Amsterdam
POSTBUS 94224
1090 GE Amsterdam
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B.M.deJong@uva.nl
Publications and academic fields of interest
Until my retirement in September 2012 I was a lecturer at the European Studies department where I taught mostly about the history and politics of the Soviet Union and Russia. I also taught a yearly course on the history of the KGB and its predecessors, dealing with aspects of both internal repression and foreign intelligence operations. I still teach a course every year on KGB intelligence operations against the West at the Ad de Jonge Center for Intelligence and Security Studies of the University of Amsterdam. See the link to the Ad de Jonge Center and its intelligence studies program below.
Over the years, I have mostly written about two topics: - Russian and Soviet politics; - intelligence history, especially relating to the KGB and its successor organizations.
Other activities
I have been an active member of the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA, see link below) from the moment it was established in 1991. Together with others, I organized several conferences on intelligence topics as well as courses on counterintelligence and related themes. I have given lectures on intelligence topics, present day Russian politics and related subjects. On the side, I developed a keen personal interest in military history and have visited the sites of many historical battlefields in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech Republic.
2014
- B. de Jong, I. Duyvesteyn & J. van Reijn (Eds.). (2014). The Future of Intelligence: Challenges in the 21st Century (Studies in Intelligence). London and New York: Routledge.
- B. de Jong (2014). Intelligence and the Cold War. In A.M. Kalinovsky & C. Daigle (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of the Cold War (pp. 305-319). London: Routledge.[go to publisher's site]
2014
2013
- B. de Jong (2013). The KGB view of the West: Conspiracies and agents of influence. In H. Timmermann (Ed.), The future a memory: The Cold War and intelligence services - aspects (Politik und moderne Geschichte, 18) (pp. 77-95). Wien: Lit-Verlag.
2006
- M. Bader & B. de Jong (2006). Extraordinary rendition. Een omstreden wapen in de terrorismebestrijding. Internationale Spectator, 60 (1), 14-19.
- B. de Jong (2006). Boekbespreking [Review of the books Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the end of revolution & Virtual politics. Faking democracy in the post-Soviet world]. Prospekt, 3, 29-31.
- M. Bader & B. de Jong (2006). Geheime diensten in Rusland. Schild en zwaard van het regime-Poetin. Internationale Spectator, 60 (5), 260-265.
2015
- B. de Jong (2015). Brits-Amerikaanse samenwerking op inlichtingengebied: een zeer speciale relatie. Internationale Spectator, 69 (2), 1-9.[go to publisher's site]
2014
- B. de Jong (2014). AIVD houdt zijn verleden binnenskamers. Socialisme en Democratie, 71 (5), 39.
- B. de Jong (2014). De lang gekoesterde grieven van Poetin: westerse samenzweringen in overvloed. Internationale Spectator, 68 (5), 2-5.
- B.M. de Jong (2014). Weerbaarheid kweken tegen de verlokkingen van het sovjetcommunisme. [Review of the book Interdoc: een geheim netwerk in de Koude Oorlog]. Internationale Spectator, 68(11), 52-53.
- B. de Jong (2014). 'Zo gaan bondgenoten niet met elkaar om': de National Security Agency en West-Europa. Internationale Spectator, 68 (2), 6-9.
2013
- B. de Jong (2013). Het moet er democratisch uitzien, maar wij moeten alles onder controle hebben. [Review of the book Securing the communist state: the reconstruction of coercive institutions in the Soviet zone of Germany and Romania, 1944-1948]. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 126(3), 437-438.[go to publisher's site]
- B. de Jong (2013). Russische spionagepraktijken in de 21e eeuw: de zaak-Raymond P. Internationale Spectator, 67 (10), 47-51.[go to publisher's site]
2012
- B. de Jong (2012). De zucht naar publiciteit van een Russische provocateur. [Review of the book Limonov: roman]. Internationale Spectator, 66(10), 516-517.[go to publisher's site]
- B. de Jong (2012). 'Verraders eindigen in de goot': Russische spionage aan het begin van de 21e eeuw. Internationale Spectator, 66 (1), 30-34.[go to publisher's site]
2011
- B. de Jong (2011). Politieke moorden in Rusland. Internationale Spectator, 65 (2), 75-78.
2010
- B. de Jong & P. Keller (2010). Contra-inlichtingen en contraspionage. In B.A. de Graaf, E.R. Muller & J.A. van Reijn (Eds.), Inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten (Orde en veiligheid) (pp. 275-294). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer.
- B. de Jong (2010). Spionnenruil. Prospekt-online, 23-11-2010.
2009
- B. de Jong (2009). Hoe transparant is de AIVD? Liberaal Reveil, 50 (3), 133-139.
- B. de Jong (2009). De leugen regeert weer in Moskou. Internationale Spectator, 63 (2), 87-90.
- B. de Jong (2009). Een poloniumspoor door Londen. [Review of the book The terminal spy: the life and death of Alexander Litvinenko]. Prospekt, 17(1), 28-29.
2008
- B. de Jong (2008). [Review of the book The spying game: the secret history of British espionage]. The Journal of Intelligence History, 7(2), 105-107.[go to publisher's site]
- B. de Jong (2008). Waardevolle memoires van KGB-overloper. [Review of the book Comrade J: the untold secrets of Russia’s master spy in America after the end of the Cold War]. Prospekt, 16(4), 27-28.
- B. de Jong (2008). 'Slobo, breng ons de salade'. Ablak, 13 (4), 4-5.
- B.M. de Jong (2008). Onze eigen geheime dienst in Koude-Oorlogstijd. [Review of the book Frontdienst: de BVD in de Koude Oorlog]. Internationale Spectator, 62(2), 56-57.[go to publisher's site]
2007
- B. de Jong (2007). Alles wijst naar de FSB. Prospekt, 15 (1), 8-10.
2006
- M. Bader & B. de Jong (2006). Geheime diensten in Rusland: schild en zwaard van het regime-Poetin. Internationale Spectator, 60 (5), 260-265.
- B.M. de Jong (2006). Politiek in de ex-USSR [Review of the books Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution & Virtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World]. Prospekt, 60(3), 29-31.
- M. Bader & B. de Jong (2006). Extraordinary rendition: een omstreden wapen in terrorismebestrijding. Internationale Spectator, 60 (1), 14-19.
2009
- B. de Jong (2009). Applaus na een executie: Sovjetspionage: de KGB in het Westen. Kleio, 50 (5), 40-43.