Chris Donnelly, CMG TD BA
After graduating from the University of Manchester in Russian Studies in 1969, Chris Donnelly taught at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for three years before helping to establish the Soviet Studies Research Centre. In 1989 he became a Special Adviser to the NATO Secretary General, serving four Secretary Generals in that position. He joined the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in August 2003, whereby he was responsible for developing the non-technical research process. He also set up the Defence Academy’s Advanced Research and Assessment Group and was the head of that unit up until 2007. He is now The Senior Fellow of the Defence Academy. Since 2006, he has also taken on the position of Co-Director of the newly formed Institute for Statecraft and Governance, based in Oxford.
As a former officer in the Territorial Army, Mr. Donnelly initially specialised in the study of Soviet and Warsaw Pact Defence Systems. After the fall of the Berlin Wall he was closely involved in the reform of the newly emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. For the last eight years his area of particular interest has been new security threats and the evolution of our national and international institutions to deal with today’s security environment. Mr. Donnelly is the author of three books and has many published articles on Russian and Eastern European defence and security issues.
Other ACF Trustees
- Chris Donnelly
- Sheikh Michael Mumisa
- Mohammad Arshad