Sir John Chipman on the New Global Threats: We Are Not Ready for What’s Coming - 241 - Alain Elkann Interviews

WORKING FOR GLOBAL SECURITY. Sir John Chipman KCMG is Executive Chairman of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).  As former Director-General and Chief Executive of the IISS he directed its growth globally as the world’s premier institute providing facts and analysis on international security issues. He developed the IISS role as a convener of vital inter-governmental summits, conceiving and establishing two regional security institutions under IISS auspices: in the Asia-Pacific the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue hosted by Singapore, and in the Middle East the IISS Manama Dialogue hosted by Bahrain. “Europe’s strategic personality will be ushered in through NATO’s new spending doors.” “It’s sometimes underestimated how diverse the power centres have become in today’s world. Big companies in particular, having more power than most medium-sized states.” “The proliferation risk is very high right now.”

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