Karin von Hippel
British writer and diplomat
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Karin Lisa von Hippel (born February 1965) is the former Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute.
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February 1965 (age 61)
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| Born | Karin Lisa von Hippel February 1965 (age 61) |
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| Occupations | Writer, diplomat |
Early life
Education
von Hippel holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, an MSt from Oxford, and a BA from Yale.[4]
Career
von Hippel worked for the United Nations and the European Union in Somalia and Kosovo.[5][6]
von Hippel was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College London.[5][6]
von Hippel co-directed the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.[5][6]
von Hippel was a Senior Adviser in the Bureau of Counterterrorism in the US Department of State for six years.[5][6]
von Hippel was a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.[5][6]
von Hippel was chief of staff to General John R. Allen while he was Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).[7][dead link][6]
von Hippel is the Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute.
Publications
von Hippel is the author of Democracy by Force: US Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World (2000).ISBN 9780521659550[8][4]
