Suzanne Raine jointly leads the Global Geopolitics Research Strand, with Professor William Hurst. She also hosts the Centre’s On Geopolitics Podcast, with Professor Ali Ansari.
She served for 24 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on foreign policy and national security issues.
This included postings in Poland, Iraq, and Pakistan. She specialised in counter-terrorism, holding a number of senior domestic appointments including Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre from 2015-2017 and was a senior member of the UK government assessment community. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).