About the Strategy and Security Institute
The Strategy and Security Institute is a new interdisciplinary research centre based in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies. The Institute is directed by General (Retd) Professor Sir Paul Newton KBE MPhil.
The Strategy and Security Institute has been formed following several years of professional collaboration between Paul Newton, Professor Gareth Stansfield, and the University's Vice Chancellor and Chief-Executive, Professor Sir Steve Smith, in the areas of Middle East security and international relations.
The Strategy and Security Institute is both a response to the strategic imperative made stark in recent interventions, and an opportunity to fill the gaps these interventions have uncovered by enhancing the strategic competence of the leaders of the future. In a world with no lack of sources of potential confrontation, and in which the form conflict takes is constantly evolving, the work of the SSI will be highly relevant and policy-focused.
The Institute carries out research, consultancy and teaching in the fields of global security and strategy, particularly relating to how individuals and organisations deal with conflict under intense pressure.
Staff news
The Strategy and Security Institute is delighted with the recent appointment of Professor Doug Stokes to the Chair of International Relations in Politics (due to join Exeter on 1 April 2013) who will play a key role in the Institute.
Professor Stokes said "The SSI is rapidly emerging as one of the UK's leading Institutes for Security and Strategy. In a world of new security challenges and insecurity problems, the need to understand the 'bigger picture' whilst also linking it to academically informed theory, practice and practical policy solutions is more urgent than ever. As Professor of International Relations, I welcome the opportunity and challenge of working with our national and international partners to help map and deliver this vision and further propel Exeter as an internationally recognised centre of excellence on 'new' security thinking."
Vision
"The vision for Exeter is very clear; it is ambitious and will not be realised without action and energy. The Strategy and Security Institute is one of the tangible ways that we are taking the idea of Exeter as the university of choice for the leaders of the future and turning that concept into reality."
Professor Sir Steve Smith, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive
Contact
If you have any enquiries regarding the Strategy and Security Institute, please contact Roo Haywood Smith or Katherine Felstead.
Roo Haywood Smith
Email: F.S.Haywood-Smith@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1392 72 6508
Katherine Felstead
Email: K.L.E.Felstead@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1392 72 4802
Strategy and Security Institute
University of Exeter
Amory Building Rm B221
Rennes Drive
Exeter
EX4 4RJ
UK