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Karin von Hippel

Codirector, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program

Associated Research Focus:

International Security
 Post-Conflict Reconstruction
 Terrorism & Transnational Threats

Associated Programs:

International Security Program
 Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Expertise:

State collapse, military intervention, and nation building; UN reform; root causes of terrorism, European counter-terrorist responses, and diasporas, remittances, and development

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(202) 775-3116
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Karin von Hippel is codirector of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project and senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program. Previously, she was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College London, and spent several years working for the United Nations and the European Union in Somalia and Kosovo.

 

In 2004 and 2005, she participated in two major studies for the UN—one on UN peacekeeping and the second on the UN humanitarian system. Also in 2004, she was part of a small team funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development to investigate the development potential of Somali remittances. In 2002, she advised the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on the role of development cooperation in discovering the root causes of terrorism. Since then, she has participated in numerous conferences and working groups on the subject in Africa, Europe, and North America. She also directed a project on European counterterrorist reforms funded by the MacArthur Foundation and edited the volume Europe Confronts Terrorism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

 

She was a member of Project Unicorn, a counterterrorism police advisory panel in London. Additional publications include Democracy by Force (Cambridge, 2000), which was short-listed for the Westminster Medal in Military History; "Report on Integrated Missions: Practical Perspectives and Recommendations" (UN ECHA Core Group, 2005); "Counter Radicalization Development Assistance" (Danish Institute for International Studies, 2006);  "Blurring of Mandates in Somalia" in Humanitarian Diplomacy: Practitioners and Their Craft (UN University Press, 2007); and "A Counterradicalization Strategy for a New U.S. Administration" in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social July 2008. She received her Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics, her M.St. from Oxford University, and her B.A. from Yale University.

 

Full List of Karin von Hippel's publications

CSIS Publications by Karin von Hippel
A New Course for Pakistan 05/14/2008
 Overcoming Extremism Conference Report 03/21/2008
 A Steep Hill 03/20/2008
 Responding to Catastrophes 03/19/2008
 Understanding Islamic Charities 12/28/2007
 PCR Project Special Briefing: Fixing Iraq's Internal Security Forces 11/13/2007
 Innovation in Foreign Assistance Delivery 10/09/2007
 A Perilous Course 08/24/2007
 Breaking Point: Measuring Progress in Afghanistan 03/29/2007
 Engaging Youth to Build Safer Communities 08/16/2006
 Consolidating Peace in Sudan 03/17/2006

Karin von Hippel In the News
Rick Barton and Karin von Hippel, co-directors of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, had an op-ed published in the Daily Times of Pakistan, "Dealing with Extremism." 03/20/2008
 Karin von Hippel, codirector of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor, "Chaotic Somalia Keeps U.S. on Terrorism Watch." 03/05/2008
 A Report by the PCR Project, "A Perilous Course: US Strategy and Assistance to Pakistan," was cited by the Washington Post, "U.S. and Pakistan: A Frayed Alliance" 10/31/2007
 Karin Von Hippel, cordirector Post Conflict Reconstruction Project and the Overcoming Extremisim Conference are subject of an Al Arabiya story. 10/30/2007
 Karen Von Hippel, Codirector, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, quoted in CNN story "American jihadist in Somalia?" 10/12/2007
 Karin von Hippel, codirector of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, appeared on CNN's The Situation Room, "'American Jihadist' Caught on Tape." 10/11/2007
 Karin von Hippel, who codirects the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at CSIS, spoke about Somalia in an interview with the BBC World Service. 04/30/2007
 CSIS Senior Fellows Karin von Hippel and Vinca LaFleur wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post's "Think Tank Town" on President Bush's trip to Latin America, "Shun the Spotlight on U.S. Aid." 03/13/2007
 CSIS experts Anthony Cordesman and Karin von Hippel were quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, "Opportunity, Peril Seen for U.S. in Somalia." 01/10/2007
 Karin Von Hippel, codirector of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, "A Shot at Creating a Vital State in Somalia". 01/05/2007
 Karin von Hippel, co-director of CSIS's Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, was a guest on the Diane Rehm Show regarding Somalia. 01/04/2007
 Karin von Hippel, co-director of CSIS's Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, was quoted by The Washington Times, "Islamists' Rout Fuels Hope for Somalia Order." 01/04/2007
 Karin Von Hippel, co-director of CSIS's Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, was interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition, "Islamic Leader in Somalia Poses Problems for U.S." 06/27/2006
 Karin Von Hippel, co-director of CSIS's Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, was interviewed about Somalia for WAMU's Diane Rehm Show. 06/13/2006
 Karin von Hippel, co-director of CSIS's Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun, "A New Taliban in Somalia? Not Yet." 06/11/2006
 CSIS' Post-Conflict and Reconstruction Project co-director Karin von Hippel published an Op-Ed in the Washington Times, "Winning the war of ideas." 12/02/2005
 

 

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