Charles van der Leeuw

Charles van der Leeuw (born 18 July 1952, The Hague) is a Dutch journalist currently based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

After studying composition at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, he became a journalist. While working for Dutch public broadcaster VARA he had been stationed in Beirut during the height of the Lebanese Civil War, where he was kidnapped and endured a lengthy period of incarceration. In 1990s, during his stay in Baku, Azerbaijan, van der Leeuw wrote several books on the Caucasus oil industry and regional history while contributing to local newspapers including Caspian Business News. He remained a major regional correspondent after moving to Kazakhstan where he is now editorial manager of Caspian Publishing House.^[1]

Books

Charles van der Leeuw is author of a number of books, some of which, however, were subject of serious criticism.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

• Kazakhstan: A quest for Statehood (2008) ISBN 9965992312
• Black & Blue: The Turbulent formation of new giants - the Russian oil & gas industry (2006) ISBN 9965992355
• Azerbaijan: A Quest for Identity (2000) ISBN 0312219032
• Oil and Gas in the Caucasus & Caspian (1999) ISBN 0700711236
• Storm over the Caucasus: In the wake of Independence (1997) ISBN 0312220294^[7]
• Afvalcriminaliteit in Europa (1997) ISBN 9057490625
• Koeweit brandt (1991) ISBN 9064455600
• Libanon. De vermoorde onschuld (1990) ISBN 9053300023
• Niet schieten op de journalist: pers en politie in Nederland (1984) ISBN 9064600236
• De Golfoorlog (1986) ISBN 9027456801

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Sasse, Gwendolyn (April 2001). "Book Review: Charles van der Leeuw, Storm over the Caucasus: In the Wake of Independence". Nations & Nationalism (Blackwell Publishing) 7 (2): 253–254. ISSN 13545078. 
3. ^ Central Asian Survey; Jun2000, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p297-303
4. ^ Hewitt, George (1999). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (Cambridge University Press) 62 (3): 594. 
5. ^ Adams, Terry (February 2001). "OIL & Gas in the Caucasus (Book)". Asian Affairs 32 (1): 80. 
6. ^ Bergne, Paul (June 2001). "Azerbaijan (Book Review)". Asian Affairs 32 (2): 214. 
7. ^ Macmillan

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