Robin Niblett

Sir Robin Niblett is a Distinguished Fellow with Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and its former Director and Chief Executive (2007-2022). In September 2026, he will become the Warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he studied for his DPhil in International Relations.

Robin is also Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute, and Senior Adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, serving previously as its Executive Vice President and Director of the Europe Program. He regularly advises private institutions on geopolitical trends and risk management and is a member of the International Advisory Board of Brown Advisory, the US investment firm.

A leading expert on the relations between Europe, the US, and Asia, he is the author of The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape Our Century (Atlantic Books, 2024), as well as numerous articles and Chatham House and CSIS reports. Robin was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2022.