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Institute for Statecraft HQ.jpg
The registered HQ of the group, a semi-derilict abandoned building.
UK Column
HeadquartersGateside Mills, Fife, Scotland
Interest ofKit Klarenberg, Rogue Media Labs, Chris Williamson, Working Group on Syria Propaganda and Media
Founder ofIntegrity Initiative
Sponsored byAnswering Russia's Strategic Narratives, WhistleblowersUK
SubpageInstitute for Statecraft/Activities
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The Institute for Statecraft' is apparently a UK deep state disinformation outfit that has received millions of pounds from the UK/FCO. Its headquarters are a semi-derilict building in Fife, Scotland.[1]

Activities

The group manages the Integrity Initiative.

Exposure

It was exposed in late 2018 after 3 trances of documents were leaked online by Anonymous.[2] The first was on 5 November 2018.[3]


 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Integrity Initiative“We've temporarily removed all content from our website, pending an investigation into the theft of data from the Institute for Statecraft and the Integrity Initiative. The website will be relaunched shortly. https://bit.ly/2sES9wM”22 January 2019
Greg Rowett“spoke well and hit all the IfS points: peacetime mentality during war/Russian vocab all based on warfare/rate of change in society dramatic/need for universal glossary. Algorithms key – we need to start gaming these algorithms and put pressure onto the companies hosting these disinformation campaigns. Deliver message that we're willing and able to push back.”Simon Bracey-Lane
Greg Rowett
December 2017
University of Leicester““Following discussions in Leicester and London, the School of History, Politics and International Relations has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute for Statecraft, an independent body dedicated to refreshing the practice of statecraft, improving governance and enhancing national security. Head of School, Dr George Lewis, said “This development is yet another example of the skill and standing of colleagues involved in our Distance Learning programmes, and is further recognition of the School's strengths in teaching, research and research-led teaching in the field of international politics and security.” In warmly welcoming the collaboration, Chris Donnelly and Dan Lafayeedney, the founding (sic)<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> co-Directors of the Institute for Statecraft, stated that “it recognises the significant standing in which the Institute is held internationally by policy makers and decision takers of governments, development and security agencies, and private sector clients, and it reflects the unique blend of practice and authoritative research that the Institute’s Fellows and Associates are able to contribute”. Building upon the University’s links with UNITAR and both party’s links with NATO, this Memorandum of Understanding demonstrates the potential for the University of Leicester and the Institute for Statecraft to collaborate, share experience and develop opportunities that will have a direct impact on national and international policy-making.”UnknownDecember 2018
Zinc Network“Bringing together organisations including Zinc Network, the Institute for Statecraft, Aktis Strategy, Bellingcat, DFR Lab, the Media Diversity Institute, Toro Risk Solutions and Ecorys, our Consortium combines recognised market leaders in understanding, monitoring, and countering Kremlin-backed disinformation... This ecosystem of credible voices will continue to grow, exposing the actors and networks behind Kremlin-backed disinformation, reducing unwitting multipliers of disinformation, and building resilience amongst key target audiences across Europe.

We will mobilise a Network Hub based in London, led by an experienced Project Director, consisting of an agile team with core competencies augmented by a wider pool of vetted experts. Our approach is highly localised, based around regional clusters of actors who can collaborate to effectively undermine the disinformation

ecosystem in their respective areas and engage audiences most vulnerable to disinformation... It is a highly complex project involving coordination of many independent actors, and thus risk must be carefully managed and risk profiles constantly adapted, serving as the basis for all activity. The approach we propose is based on the identification, monitoring and management of risks as they materialise, allowing members to continue taking smart risks as they increase the scale and impact of their activities.”

 

Group

GroupStartDescription
Integrity Initiative2015"Military-directed" "extremely shady covert disinformation and anti-democratic deep state outfit" that promotes Russophobic propaganda. Exposed by a set of 7 caches of documents, posted online. Later deleted its website.

 

Employees on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEndDescription
Eduard AbrahamyanSenior Associate FellowApril 2019
James AustinResearch FellowMarch 2017November 2017
James AustinProject Support officerJuly 2018July 2019
Francis GhilèsAs of February 2020
Maria de GoeijAcademicApril 2018Deleted this piece of history from her LinkedIn. Now called "thinktank" and having no resignation date.
Tom LloydHead of Security20072010
John LoughSenior Research Fellow2008
Johanna MöhringAcademicNovember 2013Also programme director
Ben Nimmo2015
Chris ScheurweghsSenior fellowJanuary 2016

 

Known members

109 of the 137 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Kevin AbrahamInstitute for Statecraft businessman
Eduard AbrahamyanInstitute for Statecraft, whose PhD supervisor was also a Institute for Statecraft member.
Jack AgazarianInstitute for Statecraft businessman whose name was gone by 10 January 2019.
Jamal Al-TahatSenior fellow of the Institute for Statecraft who was paid £1000 for setting up Integrity Jordan.
Kamal AlamFellow of the Institute for Statecraft,
Diane AllenOne of the first women in the Sandhurst, an Institute for Statecraft senior spook with DV (developed vetting)
David AllfreyFormer head of the UK Army's head of recruitment strategy, Institute for Statecraft
Josh Arnold-FosterMember of the Institute for Statecraft. Posts include "special adviser" to the UK defence secretary.
Barrie AxfordUK Academic specialist "linking universities into the [Institute for Statecraft] network"
Anne BaderSenior Associate Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft
Quique Badia-MasoniSpanish journalist member of the Integrity Initiative and the Institute for Statecraft.
Samantha de BendernUK deep state-connected polyglot "international civil servant" with a masters degree in Wealth Management, fellow of the Institute for Statecraft, associate fellow of Chatham House
William BortrickInstitute for Statecraft senior fellow whose name was removed from their website before 10 January 2019. Drafted a letter which claimed that Charles Windsor was "100% behind" a cash for citizenship and CBE case.
Simon Bracey-LaneA "highly improbable left wing firebrand" who worked for the Institute for Statecraft and whom they denied was a spook.
Robin BrimsMajor General, fellow of the Institute for Statecraft
Audrius ButkevičiusLithuanian politician and fellow of the Institute for Statecraft
Nicholas ChanceOn the advisory Board of the Institute of Statecraft, an affiliation he continued to display in January 2020
David ClarkSenior fellow and project director at the Institute for Statecraft. UK MP.
Sean CroninA little known spook and member of the Institute for Statecraft
Constance CunninghamInstitute for Statecraft, Active Change Foundation
Oleksandr DanylyukUkrainian member of the Institute for Statecraft
Kingsley Donaldson"Senior Associate Fellow" of the Institute for Statecraft. His specialism was listed as "Security Sector Reform, Conflict Resolution".
Robert DoverUK academic with a special interest in UK/Western intelligence agencies. Institute for Statecraft, as is at least one of his graduate students. His name had been removed from the IfS website by 10 January 2019.
Martin DubbeyA member of the Institute for Statecraft with years of experience involving "corruption enquiries at the highest level".
Martin EdmondsSenior Associate Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft whose name was removed after the Integrity Initiative Leak
Stewart EldonUK DSO interested in "counter-corruption" and "National Security". Former UK/Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council, Institute for Statecraft
Harold ElletsonMI6, MP, Integrity Initiative, New Society Foundation
Dair Farrar-HockleyA retired Major General who joined the Institute for Statecraft.
Perry FawcettUK businessman, ex-policeman, and member of the Institute for Statecraft
Irene Martínez FernándezJoined the Institute for Statecraft as an associate researcher in July 2019
Maria Luisa FicheraFormer member of the Institute for Statecraft, worked at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Alexander FinnenSpooky UK deep state operative, Chris Donnelly's "right hand man"
Anthony FitzherbertInstitute for Statecraft member and former FAO Programme manager in Afghanistan who co-authored research on crop yields.
Mark GaleottiInstitute for Statecraft propagandist
Babak Ganji"Strategic analysis education, with the job description as "Russia-MENA influence and infowar strategy and tactics" at the Institute for Statecraft
Francis GhilèsTrilingual journalist who has been published since the 1990s on topics including "terrorism". He wrote in 2016 that "we are nowhere close to the end of the War on Terror". A member of the Institute for Statecraft.
David GilbertsonUK policeman who joined the Institute for Statecraft in his returement. Director of the Active Change Foundation from 2015-2017
Keir GilesRussophobic UK deep state operative, member of Integrity Initiative.
Maria de GoeijIntegrity Initiative/Institute for Statecraft polyglot
Roger GollandUK Diplomat and IfS member
David Gordon-MacleodUK deep state connected diplomat
Euan GrantSpooky journalist/propagandist who worked for the Integrity Initiative interested in financial fraud. "His main forte is thinking strategically and has experience working in many countries around the world."
Glen Grant37 year military career. Institute for Statecraft senior fellow. "His key work in the last twenty years has been delivering reform and change for defence and security organisations in Europe."
Rafael GudeLittle known member of the Institute for Statecraft.
Tom Hardie-ForsythA member of the Institute for Statecraft who worked through Chatham House as a senior advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government
Amalyah HartA fellow of the Institute for Statecraft whose speciality was listed as "Hybrid Warfare, Indo-Pacific Region" when the group took down their website
Harry HartInstitute for Statecraft director who resigned after the Integrity Initiative leak. Serial company director, son of a spooky adviser to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Charlie Hatton"Brand Development Consultant", was Senior Programme Manager of the Integrity Initiative
Jon HazelLittle known SGMI, Institute for Statecraft operative
Chris HernonIntegrity Initiative
... further results

 

Events Planned

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Reframing Russia1 June 201731 May 2020University of ManchesterAn IfS/II discussed project about "The RT Challenge" which was publicly launched in 2019, not under the II/IfS name.
Russia’s Strategy on NATO'S Eastern and Southern Flanks27 January 2017 09:30:0027 January 2017 16:30:00Barcelona Centre for International AffairsA CIDOB/The Institute for Statecraft/NATO meeting
Strengthening Europe's 'soft' and 'hard' defence25 March 2019 13:00:0025 March 2019 17:00:00Netherlands
The Hague
Clingendael Institute
Chatham House rule meeting with organised by the Institute for Statecraft and the Clingendael Institute.

 

Sponsors

EventDescription
Answering Russia's Strategic NarrativesInvitation only one day event organised by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, sponsored by The Institute for Statecraft, about "Russian propaganda"
WhistleblowersUKUK group chaired since November 2015 by the former Institute for Statecraft head of security, Tom Lloyd.

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Britain didn’t vote Labour just to get a new iron chancellorArticle4 August 2024William KeeganThe economic damage wrought by Brexit continues. Our investment and growth prospects would benefit enormously if Starmer and Reeves abandoned this policy of “no return to the customs union, single market or freedom of movement”. I repeat what I have said before: the Labour manifesto commits it to removing unnecessary barriers to trade. But Brexit is the most formidable barrier of all!
Document:Speaking notes for meetings in Israelspeaking notesJune 2018Dan KaszetaInstitute for Statecraft wants to build a relationship with the Israeli government
Document:The Institute for Statecraft Expert Team v 3name list13 December 2018Chris Donnellybiographies of core team members with lots of obscure but interesting former and present employers


Rating

5star.png 20 April 2019 Robin  An overview of this organ of the UK Deep state
A good start for understanding this group which appears to be a UK Deep state effort to promote Russophobia and attempting to kick of a New Cold War.
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