Karin von Hippel
Karin Lisa von Hippel (born February 1965) is the current Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute. Hippel was Chief of Staff to General John R. Allen while she was Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Publications. Von Hippel is the author of "Democracy by Force: US Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World" (2000). Education. Von Hippel holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, an MSt from Oxford University, and a BA from Yale University.