Nikolaos van Dam

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Nikolaos van Dam
Born (1945-04-01) 1 April 1945 (age 79)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationDiplomat and author
LanguageArabic, Dutch, and English
NationalityDutch
EducationMA, PhD
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Notable worksThe struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994
Notable awardsGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
SpouseMarinka van Dam-Bogaerts
Children4

Nikolaos (Koos) van Dam (born 1 April 1945) is a Dutch scholar and author on the Middle East.[1] He also was a Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Germany and Indonesia.

Education and career

Van Dam studied

Timor-Leste.[2]

Author

He is the author of The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism, and tribalism in politics, 1961–1978, الصراع على السلطة فى سوريا: الطائفية واﻹقليمية والعشائرية فى السياسة – الطبعة الإلكترونية,

ISBN 0-85664-703-9,[3] and the subsequent The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994, 1995.[4]

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