Family: married Lisa Vaughan; one s. one d.

Education: Cheltenham Coll. and St John's Coll., Oxford

Career: Reuters news agency corresp. in Hong Kong, London, Paris, Tehran, New York 1975–83; former Asia Ed., UK News Ed., Int. Edn Ed. Financial Times 1984–1997, Defence Corresp. 1997–2002; on secondment as Consulting Ed. Business Standard, New Delhi, India 1994–97; Asst Dir and Sr Fellow for Defence Industry and Procurement, International Institute for Strategic Studies 2003–04, Dir of Defence Analysis and Publs 2004–07, Dir of Editorial 2007–, Leader of International Institute for Strategic Studies European Capabilities Project; Ed. Strategic Survey 2006–, Strategic Comments 2007–

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