Robin is a Distinguished Fellow with Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and Senior Adviser with Hakluyt, the London-based strategic advisory firm. He is a leading expert on the relations between Europe, the US, and Asia and their implications for risk management by governments and private institutions. Robin is also Senior Adviser to the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS); Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute and serves on the International Advisory Board of Brown Advisory, the US investment firm. Robin was the Director and Chief Executive of Chatham House from 2007 - 2022, where he led a major expansion of its research and outputs, tripling the size of its staff and finances. He was the Executive Vice President at CSIS (2000-2006), in Washington D.C., where he also served as Director of the CSIS Europe Programme and its Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership.