Nigel Inkster

Mr. Nigel Inkster is an Analyst at Enodo Economics Ltd.
He had a long career as a security and intelligence expert.
Mr. Inkster worked for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London think-tank, from 2007 to 2017.
Prior to that, he served for 31 years in the British Secret Intelligence Service, retiring at the end of 2006 as Assistant Chief and Director of Operations and Intelligence.
His research has focused on transnational terrorism, insurgency, transnational organized crime, cyber security, intelligence and security and the evolving character of conflict.
He has written and broadcast on all these topics and has also been engaged in a variety of para-diplomatic activities on behalf of the UK government, including leading a Sino-UK Track 1.5 Cyber Security Dialogue.
In 2016, he authored China’s Cyber Power, an IISS Adelphi book published by Routledge.
He graduated from St. John’s College Oxford with a BA in Oriental Studies (Chinese).