Mr Bill Emmott

Bill Emmott is a writer and consultant best known for his 13 years as editor in chief of The Economist in 1993-2006. He is now variously chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, chairman of the Japan Society of the UK, chairman of the International Trade Institute, Senior Adviser on Geopolitics for Montrose Associates, a trustee of the Chester Beatty Library, a member of the Comitato Scientifico of the Centro Einaudi in Turin, and an Ushioda Fellow of Tokyo College, a new research institute at the University of Tokyo.

Bill is the author of 15 books variously on Japan, Asia, the 20^th century and Italy, and was presenter and co-author of a documentary about Italy, “Girlfriend in a Coma” (2013). His latest books were “The Fate of the West – the battle to save the world’s most successful political idea” (Profile Books, 2017); “Japan’s Far More Female Future” (OUP 2020); and “Deterrence, Diplomacy and the Risk of Conflict over Taiwan” (Routledge/IISS 2024). In 2016 the Japanese government awarded him the “Order of the Rising Sun: Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” for services to UK-Japan relations.