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Sijbren de Jong is Strategic Analyst at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studiesand PhD Candidate at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. His work focuses on the EU’s energy policy, particularly with regard to natural gas both in relation to the Union’s internal market and external relations with hydrocarbon suppliers/transiters such as Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkmenistan. Next to his work at the Centre, Sijbren is editor of the energy section of REVOLVE magazine. Recent publications: include: S. de Jong, (2011), 'Towards Global Energy Governance: How to Patch the Patchwork', International Development Policy: Energy and Development, (Houndmills/Geneva: Palgrave Macmillan | Graduate Institute Geneva), pp. 21-43. S. de Jong, (2011), 'The Nabucco Pipeline: Turkey and Europe's Drive Towards Diversification', REVOLVE Magazine Summer Issue, Turkey Supplement, pp. 26-29. J. Wouters, S. de Jong and Ph. De Man, (2011), 'The EU's Commitment to Effective Multilateralism: Theory and Practice', Yearbook of European Law 2010, (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 164-189. S. de Jong, J. Wouters, S. Sterkx, (2010), 'The 2009 Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute: Lessons for European Energy Crisis Management After Lisbon', European Foreign Affairs Review 15(4), pp. 511-538.