Chris Donnelly

Chris Donnelly  (soldier, spook, deep politician?, deep state actor?)
Born	10 November 1946 Rochdale, UK
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Manchester University
Founder of	Institute for Statecraft, Integrity Initiative
Member of	EXPOSE Network, Institute for Statecraft/Tor team, Integrity Initiative, UK/Council on Foreign Relations
Victim of	paranoia?
A UK Deep state operative who set up the Institute for Statecraft  Director of the Institute for Statecraft In office 2010 - Present  Private Adviser to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania In office 2015 - 2017  Member of the External Scrutiny Team reporting on the current reform of the UK’s Reserve Forces for the Defence Secretary In office 2015 - 2017  Specialist Adviser to House of Commons Public Administration (and Constitutional Affairs) and Defence Select Committees In office 2010 - 2017  Specialist adviser to Defence Secretary In office 2005 - 2006 J. Reid  Defence Academy of the UK/Advanced Research and Assessment Group/Head In office 2003 - 2010  Specialist adviser to Defence Secretary In office 1992 - 1997 First Malcolm Rifkind then Michael Portillo  Special Adviser for C & E Europe to NATO Secretary General In office 1989 - 2003 Employer NATO  Soviet Adviser In office 1983 - 1989 Member of PM Thatcher's Soviet advisory team  Soviet Studies Research Centre/Head In office 1979 - 1989 Employer Soviet Studies Research Centre  Senior Lecturer In office 1973 - 1979 Employer Soviet Studies Research Centre  Lecturer  In office 1969 - 1973 Employer RMAS

Christopher Nigel Donnelly is the co-director of The Institute for Statecraft and founder of its offshoot Integrity Initiative. The Moon Of Alamaba said that "Donnelly seems to be obsessed with the 'Russian threat' and is determined to fight it by all means."

Career

"Donnelly was at one time adviser to Margaret Thatcher. From 1989-2003, he was a Special Adviser for central and eastern Europe to the secretary general of NATO. In fact, he served four secretaries general, including Lord Robertson."

Opinions

Skripal Affair

Full article: Skripal Affair

Chris Donnelly told @BBCJLandale at #TMSRussia that the poisoning of Sergei Skripal was an "act of war".

Exposure

Donnelly was exposed in 2018 when internal documents of the Integrity Initiative were published online. These included a PDF of his passport and his CV. In his role as director of The Institute for Statecraft, he stated that:

“It is essential for a PM to recognise that, whatever they might claim, governmental institutions which have failed over the past decade to foresee, identify and deal with emerging crises and maintain national sovereignty, are today totally incapable of providing a solution to the crisis which is now upon the country.”
Chris Donnelly (10 May 2018) 

Response

A 7 minute long video of Donnelly in a kitchen was posted on YouTube. In it he suggests that the hack occurred because the group was effective at countering Russian disinformation.

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Documents by Chris Donnelly

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:Background to the Simulation Seminars	report	28 February 2018	Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare
Document:China’s Strategy towards Europe: Implications and Policy Recommendations for EU Security	analysis, policy recommendations	26 December 2018
Document:Chris Donnelly CV Short	Wikispooks Page	13 December 2018		Chris Donnelly short CV
Document:Chris Donnelly Paris Brussels May 2016 v2	Wikispooks Page	13 December 2018		Chris Donnelly talks to his French II connections. "They think our main target needs to be the parts of the political class and the security structures 'where the rot is'"... "As an independent NGO we can do things they can’t do and national governments can’t do"
Document:Chris Donnelly proposal to FCO	document	24 May 2018	Balkans Eastern Europe Edelmann Intelligence Market research	The local partner then needs to do or commission an assessment of the agents or promoters of corruption and influence, eg key businessmen or politicians, as well as opposition politicians and clean businessmen, journalists etc who can be allies. These we bring out on trips to London, HQ NATO etc.
Document:Discernment: Why information statecraft matters	Wikispooks Page	26 December 2018		musings on how to keep media dominance, control the young
Document:Establishing a modern perspective - Nation-State vs Network State	article	26 February 2016	Perpetual war Cold War II Hypercompetition	"The...requirement is for the organisation to be able to get its message across, to ensure that the Government and the people understand that they are actually engaged in one (or more) instability, like it or not." Chris Donnelly believes “we are at war, but with peacetime attitudes."
Document:Institute for Statecraft project on Russian influence - Impact as at 19 04 2016	report	19 April 2016		A list of stories II has planted in media per April 2016, some openly, some secretly, like "Trolls on the Kremlin Payroll"; plus a number of youtube lectures with a lacklustre number of unique views.
Document:Military measures	Wikispooks Page	3 January 2014		A list of suggested military measures to Ukraine in 2014, including "Mine Sevastopol harbour/bay"
Document:Pitch for a long-Form TV series about Russia in the 1990s	Wikispooks Page	26 December 2018		Pitch for creating a long-Form TV series about Russia in the 1990s
Document:Private List for Chris. (Possible Funders in Swittzerland)	list of potential donors	26 December 2018		This is a list of cutouts, seemingly 'independent' 'philanthropic' foundations financing intelligence work
Document:Private discussion with Gen Sir Richard Barrons	Wikispooks Page	26 December 2018		Former leader of British forces Richard Barrons telling of his worries for Britain and the British forces
Document:Think Piece: Current Russian Strategic Thinking	invoice	19 January 2018	War Russia	Chris Donnelly gives his view on Current Russian Strategic Thinking

 

Quotes by Chris Donnelly

Page	Quote	Date	Source
Integrity Initiative/Purposes	“Moreover, the “war” mindset is being pumped into the Russian population. It is one of the great successes of Putin’s propaganda offensive”	19 January 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/5
Integrity Initiative/Purposes	“We cannot deter this current attack, only fight it. It is a pre-condition which is the baseline of a conflict. Denial, i.e. pretending that it is not happening or denying its significance, is not a sensible response... A fundamental, universally-held Russian belief is that Russia can only be secure at the expense of their neighbours’ security. All the Russian leadership and military consider that other countries' security is secondary to, and must be subordinated to, Russia's.”	19 January 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/5
Integrity Initiative/Purposes	“We cannot deter this hybrid war, it is upon us and we can only fight it.”	19 January 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/5
Integrity Initiative/Purposes	“We go to war with Russia as a whole, not just with the Russian military. They have been developing everything as a weapon, Cyber, energy, money, investment, dirty tricks, disinformation and other sorts of malign influence.”	19 January 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/5
Integrity Initiative/Purposes	“How might war be deterred? Russia is not on a wartime ‘ready to launch’ setting, but they are developing and implementing concepts of conflict very different from those being thought about in Western countries. We cannot deter this hybrid war, it is upon us and we can only fight it.”	19 January 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/5
Integrity Initiative/Purposes	“the crisis which is now upon the country.”	10 May 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak
Permanent war mentality	“But because this is not a shooting war like 1939-45, we in “Western” countries have not adopted the “wartime mentality” essential if we are to cope with the instability which drastic change inevitably brings. We are now trying to cope in a wartime situation but with a peacetime mentality, peacetime institutions and peacetime procedures shaped by the last 70 years of living in a stable, secure, rules-based environment. ... The qualities we now need in our public servants So, if we consider what qualities and characteristics we need in those whom we select for leadership today, in a period of rapid and profound change, in all sorts of institutions – government departments, big companies, the NHS - the conclusion is that we need to look for people who have abilities that suit a wartime environment rather than a peacetime one.”	2 February 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/3#general pdf/Brexit FCO update 02 02 2018.pdf
Boris Tadić	“In Serbia, for example, we used the Club de Madrid to get the former Spanish MOD, Narcis Serra, to act as mentor to the then MOD Boris Tadic. I brought Tadic to London via the Atlantic Treaty Association (of which IfS is now the UK Rep) to expand his horizons and link him to MPs. He eventually became President.”	15 October 2018	Integrity Initiative/Leak/6#CND proposal to FCO.pdf

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Date
Integrity Initiative/Secrecy	“Code of Conduct (Greg to commence with internet etiquette) Anonymity of the team remains paramount. As our activity increases we will, no doubt, attract unwanted attention.”	30 May 2018
Integrity Initiative/Secrecy	“* Chris Donnelly makes initial country introduction with nominated trusted 'coordinator' & relevant II team member/s (normally 2 members minimum per country) II team member/s coordinate foundation workshop to connect members, formally introduce them to II aims, establish target programme for research, dissemination and events. Members to sign code of conduct & non-disclosure Greg Rowett to start code of conduct doc to include basic info on passwords and etiquette with social media etc – final ok should be sought from James Wilson. Debate and decide preferred methods of communication.”	30 May 2018