Place of birth: Rochdale, Lancs.

Parentage: s. of the late Anthony Donnelly and Dorothy M. Morris

Family: m. Jill Norris 1971; one s. one d.

Education: Cardinal Langley School, Middleton, Lancs. and Univ. of Manchester

Career: Instructor, Royal Mil. Acad. Sandhurst (RMAS) 1969–72; Sr Lecturer, Soviet Studies Research Centre, RMAS 1972–79, Dir 1979–89; Territorial Army ( Int. Corps) 1970–93; Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1985–89, Georgia Tech. Univ. 1989–93; Special Adviser for Cen. and E European Affairs to Sec.- Gen. of North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1989–2003; Sr Fellow, Defence Acad. of the UK, Founder and Head of Advanced Research and Assessment Group 2003–07; currently Dir Institute for Statecraft and Governance, Oxford; Dir Atlantic Council of the UK

Honours and awards: Grand Cross of Commdr , Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Publications: Red Banner 1989, War and the Soviet Union 1990, Gorbachev’s Revolution 1991, Nations, Alliances and Security 2004; numerous articles on Russian and Eastern European defence and security issues

Leisure interests: shooting, fishing

Contact details: Address: Headquarters, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wilts., SN6 8LA, England (office); Tel: (1793) 785075 (office); Fax: (1793) 785072 (office); Email: cdonnelly.hq@da.mod.uk (office); Website: http://www.defac.ac.uk/ (office); Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13518046.asp/ .