von Hippel worked for the United Nations and the European Union in Somalia and Kosovo. von Hippel was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College London. von Hippel co-directed the
Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the
Center for Strategic and International Studies in
Washington, DC. von Hippel was a Senior Adviser in the Bureau of Counterterrorism in the US Department of State for six years. von Hippel was a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. von Hippel was
chief of staff to General
John R. Allen while he was Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL (
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). von Hippel is the Director-General of the
Royal United Services Institute. ==Publications==