The IISS Council is an advisory body. It is composed of distinguished individuals drawn from the Institute’s international membership. The Council’s role is to advise the Trustees and the Director-General and Chief Executive on the intellectual direction of the Institute.
The Council normally consists of not fewer than twenty and not more than thirty members, and they serve for terms of three years, subject to a maximum consecutive period of two terms. Members of the Council are appointed by the Council as a whole, following consultation by its Chairman with the Chairman of the Trustees and the Director-General and Chief Executive.
The person selected by the Council to be its chairman shall also be the Chairman of the Institute. The Chairman of the Trustees and the Honorary Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of the Council and the periods during which they hold such office shall not be taken into account in calculating periods of office.
The Council will normally meet twice a year.
The Institute’s Director-General and senior management may call upon members of the Council for advice between meetings, especially when travelling to countries where Council members reside, for advice or assistance.
The current members of the IISS Council are:
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Professor François Heisbourg, Chairman
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Mr Hironori Aihara
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Professor Dr Dewi Fortuna Anwar
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Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill
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Mr Olivier Debouzy
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Ms Fleur de Villiers
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Mr Daniel R Fung
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Mr Shekhar Gupta
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Dr. István Gyarmati
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Mr David Ignatius
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Field Marshal The Rt Hon Lord Inge
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Ryozo Kato
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Mr Ivan Krastev
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Dr Ariel Levite
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Mr Kishore Mahbubani
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Sir David Manning
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Mr Moeletsi Mbeki
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Dr Günther Nonnenmacher
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Lord Powell of Bayswater
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HRH Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz
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Mr Thomas Seaman
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Hugh Segal
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Alison Smale
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Ambassador Dr Theodor Winkler
