Dialogues Manager and Research Analyst
Main Responsibilities:
Working with national defence and security establishments in the Middle and Far East coordinating their assistance and participation in various IISS activities, in particular for the IISS Gulf and Shangri-La Dialogue security summits, which he also manages. Researching and monitoring political developments from the Middle East focusing on counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation and regional security.
Background:
Mark read Arabic and Persian at Pembroke College, Oxford. After graduating in 2000 he worked as a software developer in the financial industry. In 2002 he joined MEC, a political risk consultancy, as a Research Analyst and Project Coordinator. He then took a position at Reuters as a Middle East Research Editor. In 2004 Mark spent six months with the British Military in Iraq, working as an interpreter and translator, returning to the UK to join the IISS.
Joined IISS:
October 2004
Contact:
Click here to email Mark Allworthy
