| Karin von Hippel | |
| Birth Name: | Karin Lisa von Hippel |
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| Occupation: | Writer, diplomat |
Karin Lisa von Hippel (born February 1965) is the current Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute.
Karin Lisa von Hippel was born in February 1965 to Marianne and Arndt von Hippel.[2] von Hippel grew up in Anchorage.[3]
von Hippel holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, an MSt from Oxford, and a BA from Yale.
von Hippel worked for the United Nations and the European Union in Somalia and Kosovo.[4]
von Hippel was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College London.[4]
von Hippel co-directed the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.[4]
von Hippel was a Senior Adviser in the Bureau of Counterterrorism in the US Department of State for six years.[4]
von Hippel was a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.[4]
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).
von Hippel is the Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute.
von Hippel is the author of Democracy by Force: US Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World (2000).