Since September 2022, Boutaleb has been working as an academic researcher at NIMH. He is specialised in the operational performance of the Dutch armed forces. For the programme 'The Netherlands and Afghanistan 2001-2021', he focuses on the Dutch deployment in Kabul.

Selection of publications

  • Maaskant, S., Boutaleb, I., Koedijk R., & Winter, R. de, (2023). Sodeju! Het Regiment Genietroepen: 275 jaar geschiedenis. Den Haag: NIMH.
  • Boutaleb, I. (2019). Een comprehensive approach in the Heart of Darkness? Post-conflict peacebuilding tijdens de VN-missie in Congo (1960-1964). In Militaire Spectator 183 (10), 492-507.