Robin Niblett

Robin Niblett
Niblett (left) being interviewed by Carolyn Quinn in 2010
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	New College, Oxford (BA, MPhil and DPhil)
Occupation	Director
Organization	Chatham House

Robin Christian Howard Niblett CMG (born 20 August 1961) is a British specialist in international relations. He has been the Director of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) since January 2007.

He is the son of Alan and Christine Niblett. In 1990, he married Trisha de Borchgrave, with whom he has two daughters.

He was educated at Cottesmore School, followed by Charterhouse School. He studied at New College, Oxford, and obtained a BA in Modern Languages in 1984, followed by MPhil in 1993 and DPhil in International Relations in 1995. His doctoral thesis was entitled The European Community and the Central European Three, 1989-92 : a study of the Community as an international actor.

On leaving Oxford, he was a musician 1985–87 (he lists electric guitar among his recreations in Who's Who).

He was Resident Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC 1988–91 and their Europe Representative 1992–97. He was Director, Strategic Planning, 1997–2000; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, 2001–06. During his last two years at CSIS, he also served as Director of the CSIS Europe Program and its Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership.

Niblett has participated as a panellist at conferences and events around the world as an expert on transatlantic relations and European order. He has given evidence to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee about the future of NATO and European defence, to the Foreign Affairs Committee about the US-UK relationship and the future of UK government policy towards the European Union, and to the Select Committee on Soft Power and the UK's Influence. He has appeared as an analyst on these topics in major media including the BBC and CNN and has written and commented for prominent newspapers including the Financial Times,Washington Post,The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph.