International Security

We map and analyse geopolitical competition, conflict, and cooperation across the key security regions of the world: the Indo-Pacific; Sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East and North Africa; Latin America; Europe and Russia and Eurasia.


The team delivers policy-driven research and analysis on the leading developments in global politics including the international impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the rise of China.

Drawing on extensive regional expertise, experience, and language skills, the International Security team comprises researchers drawn from government, diplomacy, academia, the military, and the private sector. The London-based team is supported by an international network of associates including former government ministers, senior civil servants, and other officials.

With the international environment becoming increasingly volatile, we have launched the International Security in Transformation initiative to examine key developments reshaping security politics around the globe, identify trends disrupting businesses and markets, and highlight opportunities for new forms of cooperation.

The initiative also explores the impact on the UK as an international actor. It identifies ways in which the UK can best manage risks and exploit opportunities in the fast-changing international context.

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Programmes

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Podcasts


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Global Security Briefing Podcasts
Bridging the Oceans Podcasts

The International Security Studies team is supported by a global network of associate fellows. The team is also joined by visiting fellows from around the world conducting independent research.

Fellows


Distinguished Fellows


The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt

Distinguished Fellow

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Fiona Clouder

Distinguished Fellow - Expertise in Latin America

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Ambassador Jonathan R. Cohen

Distinguished Fellow

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David Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow, Former Chilean Ambassador to the UK

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Peter Jones CMG

Distinguished Fellow; Former COO and Director-General, FCDO

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Vice Admiral Ignacio Mardones

Distinguished Fellow; Director of Institutional Relations at AthenaLab, Chile

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Senior Associate Fellows


Ali Ansari

Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Iranian History and Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews

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Andrew Cainey

Senior Associate Fellow; Founding Director of the UK National Committee on China

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Dr Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho

Associate Fellow; Reader in Brazilian and Latin American Studies, KCL

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Professor Tony Chafer

Senior Associate Fellow

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Nick Clarke

Senior Associate Fellow; Founder and Chairman of the Curzon group of companies

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Professor Mark Galeotti

Senior Associate Fellow; Principal Director, Mayak Intelligence

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Professor Tracey German

Senior Associate Fellow; Deputy Dean of Studies (Research), Defence Studies Department, King's College London

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Dr Hassan Gali

Senior Associate Fellow

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Dr Bates Gill

Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University, Australia

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Dr H A Hellyer

Senior Associate Fellow

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Richard Kouyoumdjian Inglis

Senior Associate Fellow; Vice Chairman of AthenaLab, Chile

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Professor David Lewis

Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Global Politics, University of Exeter

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Dr Ziya Meral

Senior Associate Fellow

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Dr Andrew Monaghan

Senior Associate Fellow; Founding Director, Russia Research Network

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Raffaello Pantucci

Senior Associate Fellow

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Jim Townsend

Senior Associate Fellow; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy

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Dr Helene von Bismarck FRHistS

Senior Associate Fellow

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Professor Richard G Whitman

Senior Associate Fellow

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Associate Fellows


Dr Fola Aina

Associate Fellow; International security analyst and researcher

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Marwa Baabbad

Associate Fellow; Researcher and Development Consultant

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Professor Tony Chafer

Senior Associate Fellow

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Simon Chelton

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Dr Richard Connolly

Associate Fellow - Specialist on the Russian economy

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Duncan Depledge

Associate Fellow

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Dr Jürgen Haacke

Associate Fellow; Associate Professor in International Relations at LSE

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Jalel Harchaoui

Associate Fellow

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Ahmed Hassen

Associate Fellow - Specialist in security of East Africa and the Horn

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Dr Louise Kettle FRHistS

Associate Fellow; Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham

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Walter Ladwig

Associate Fellow; Senior Lecturer in International Relations, War Studies at KCL

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Sarah Lain

Associate Fellow

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Clovis Meath Baker CMG OBE

Associate Fellow

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Dr Julie Norman

Senior Associate Fellow

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Dr Michael Nwankpa

Associate Fellow; Founding Director/Director of Research at the Centre for African Conflict and Development, London

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Dr Samuel Ramani

Associate Fellow; Tutor of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

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Natia Seskuria

Associate Fellow; Founder and Executive Director of RISS

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Baraa Shiban

Associate Fellow

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Michael Stephens

Associate Fellow

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Dr Andrew E. Yaw Tchie

Associate Fellow; Senior Research Fellow at the Training for Peace Programme

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Dr Maryna Vorotnyuk

Associate Fellow

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Visiting Fellows


Ha Chae Kyoun

Indo-Pacific Visiting Fellow

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