James Nixey
Director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House
James Nixey joined Chatham House in 2000 and has been Director of the institute’s Russia and Eurasia Programme since 2013. He is also an Associate Fellow with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, an honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter, and serves on the board of the journal UA: Ukraine Analytica. His principal research interests concern Russia’s relationships with the other post-Soviet states and key international actors. Me Nixey’s selected publications include chapters in Putin Again: Implications for Russia and the West (2012), The Russian Challenge (2015), The Struggle for Ukraine (2017), Myths and Misconceptions in the Debate on Russia (2021), the conclusion and introduction to How to end Russia’s war on Ukraine: Safeguarding Russia’s Future and the Dangers of a False Peace (July 2023), and Securing Ukraine's Future (Summer 2025). Mr Nixey has also written for The Guardian, The Times, and The Telegraph, among others. Mr Nixey holds degrees in modern languages and international relations and has previous experience in journalism (as a reporter in Moscow in the late 1990s) and the banking sector, for Goldman Sachs.
Updated: April 23, 2025