China Institute
Mr Nigel Inkster
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- Roles
- China Institute Research Associate, SOAS China Institute
- Department
- China Institute
Biography
Nigel Inkster CMG is Senior Advisor to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Director for Geopolitics and Intelligence at Enodo Economics.
In IISS he worked first as Director for Transnational Threats and Political Risk then as Director for Cyber Security and Future Conflict. In the latter capacity he was involved in para-diplomatic dialogues on cybersecurity and military cyber stability with China and Russia. He also served from 2017 to 2019 as a Commissioner on the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace.
Prior to joining IISS he served for thirty-one years in the British Secret Intelligence Service. From 2004 to 2006 he was Assistant Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence.
His publications include, China’s Cyber Power, Routledge for IISS 2016 and The Great Decoupling: China, America and the Struggle for Technological Supremacy, Hurst 2020.
His current research focus is on China’s response to US technology restrictions.
SCI Blog posts
- The Great Decoupling - 28 October 2020
Research interests
China's cyber power, intelligence and security policies and military modernisation
