Nigel Inkster

Nigel Inkster

Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk

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Responsibilities: Analysis of international political risk and development of programmes on counter terrorism, international crime, proliferation of CBRN, cross-border conflict and other transnational/global issues.  Nigel is also responsible for the IISS Armed Conflict Database.

Background: Nigel Inkster served in the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from 1975 to 2006.  He was posted in Asia, Latin America and Europe and worked extensively on transnational issues.  He spent seven years on the Board of SIS, the last two as Assistant Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence.  He is a Chinese speaker and graduated in Oriental Studies from St John’s College Oxford.

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Joined IISS: March 2007

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