Karin von Hippel

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Karin von Hippel
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Born
Karin Lisa von Hippel

February 1965 (age 59)
Citizenship
Education
Occupation(s)Writer, diplomat

Karin Lisa von Hippel (born February 1965) is the current Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute.

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Early life

Karin Lisa von Hippel was born in February 1965 to Marianne and Arndt von Hippel. [2] von Hippel grew up in Anchorage. [3]

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]

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References

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