Charlie Edwards

Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.

Top 10 books of 2008

My top 10 books of 2008 are an eclectic mix of insightful analysis, counter-intuitive reasoning, master story-telling, and solutioneering. Some brilliant...

Inspiration

Here at Global Dashboard we're dedicated to making sure you're ready to tackle any issue, big or small. So sit back and listen to 40 inspirational speeches in...

Who cares? R2P is RIP

Courtesy of The Times Our collective inability to do f*** all in Zimbabwe is, you have admit, awe-inspiring. On Tuesday the African Union rejected tougher...

Greek riots

The shooting of a teenager by police has sparked a wave of violent protests across Greece. In the past couple of days hundreds of hooded and helmeted...

The Boyd Conference 2008

46°14?00?N 63°09?00?W Prince Edward Island, Canada. I'm taking part in a roundtable on community resilience, 4&5GW and the decline of the state. The aim...

The Seduction of Analysis

Do we need to call 'time out' on global risk analysis?  The NIC report on global trends 2025 is one of a plethora of recent publications on global risks and...

Monday’s map returns

Land Grab. From the Guardian: Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of...

ObInt

Neat chart on Obama's campaign working group on intelligence: Hat tip Intellibriefs

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