page_title: Robin Niblett
section_title: Other roles
hierarchical_section_title: Robin Niblett / Other roles
caption_attribution_description: Interview on the 2010 General Election, April 2010 on Horse Guards Parade
context_page_description: Robin Christian Howard Niblett CMG is a British specialist in international relations. He has been the Director of Chatham House since January 2007.
context_section_description: 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.
  He is the editor and contributing author of the book America and a Changed World: A Question of Leadership and has edited and co-authored books on transatlantic cooperation and European integration. Most recently he authored a chapter in the book Influencing Tomorrow: Future Challenges for British Foreign Policy.
  He is a non-executive director of Fidelity European Values Investment Trust since 2010, member and former Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Europe.
  He chaired the British Academy forum on language needs for UK public policy making and implementation and is currently Chairman of the Experts Group for the 2014 NATO Summit.
caption: Niblett (left) being interviewed by Carolyn Quinn in 2010
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