Christopher Coker, unorthodox and inspiring war studies expert who directed LSE’s foreign policy think tank – obituary

Christopher Coker, who has died aged 70, was a political scientist and political philosopher who wrote widely on all aspects of war and warfare; a former professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he served as director of LSE Ideas, its foreign policy think tank, and was a familiar figure in UK and Nato strategic planning circles, including think tanks connected with the Conservative Party.