Benedikt van den Boom

Benedikt van den Boom

Benedikt van den Boom studied International Relations in Bremen (Germany) and Bruges (Belgium), with an emphasis on the Southern Caucasus. In 2014, he worked for CivilNet in Yerevan on resource politics. As an analyst for a German think-tank, he worked on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and on the European Neighbourhood. He is now based in Brussels.

Benedikt van den Boom

Putting an End to Proxy Wars

For years, Armenia and Azerbaijan have hijacked debates in the Council of Europe, while their European colleagues roll their eyes and get on with business. Benedikt van den Boom, a political analyst, makes the case for a constructive Armenian strategy at the Council of Europe, which opens the way for achieving Armenia’s political objectives.