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Tom Middendorp
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General (ret.) Tom Middendorp was the Netherlands Chief of Defense for five-and-a-half years and is Chairman of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). He is also an Associate Fellow at Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, the Netherlands Special Envoy on European Defence Cooperation, and a Senior Advisor in the areas of security, defence and strategic leadership.