Charlie Edwards
Senior Researcher
Charlie Edwards writes, lectures and consults on national security, resilience, defence and intelligence. He works with international institutions, government departments, companies, and NGOs. He is a regular commentator in the national and international media.
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- Time for an ethical revolution? The death of Bob Hunter (one of the co founders of Greenpeace) recently was made even more poignant by the Independent's revelation that Blair had decided to upgrade the UK's nuclear deterrent. The media speculation may be premature but the new Government will have to make a decision in the next parliament on our nuclear future. Successive British Governments have chosen to debate this issue among a handful of senior ministers but times are changing. Blair must go for the nuclear option and... from : charlieedwards 6th May 2005
- It's an open secret... ... as security has tended to be one of the most closed areas of policy, centred around the government and linked public bodies. But the world has changed and the government has finally come round to the idea that opening our security architecture is crucial if we are to bring a wide range of actors together to deliver security. from : charlieedwards 13th October 2005
- 2,749 reasons why... The response to the 9/11 attacks in London was the creation of Project Griffin. The initiative aims to train security officers from the major City organisations, Westminster and Canary Wharf, in various disciplines so that they are better equipped to be of assistance to the police in the event of a major incident. Project Griffin has been such a success that the New York Police Department has adopted something similar. NYPD Shield is the department?s counter-terrorism programme, a... from : charlieedwards 6th November 2005
- Security System Reform in Ghana As part of a project for the Department for International Development (DFID) Hannah Green and I went to Accra, Ghana for a three day workshop on Security System Reform (SSR), hosted by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC). The workshop was run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD DAC). The OECD DAC are looking to develop more concrete guidance for development practitioners on how to engage in... from : charlieedwards 9th December 2005
- Picture This We are working with the SSR strategy team (made up of representatives from the FCO, MoD and DFID) which has become increasingly concerned about the growing divide between policy developed at home and its implementation in countries like Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and the DRC. While there is no shortage of policy documents and guidelines on the subject, most of them go unread by practitioners, who complain that they bear little resemblance to the realities they face on the ground. My initial... from : charlieedwards 24th March 2006
- The Business of Resilience The Business of Resilience sets out a manifesto for corporate security in the 21st century. In an increasingly complex and fast moving world, business-aligned security not only makes companies safer. It is the new source of competitive advantage. from : mollywebb 29th June 2006
- A fruitless fixation on terrorist attacks Today we launched The Business of Resilience, a new report on how companies must align security with their business objectives. We had a comment piece in Wednesday's Financial Times which argued that the approach of UK companies following the London bombings of July 2005 compared favourably with the heavy-handed response of corporate America to the attacks of September 2001. While companies take the threat of terrorism seriously, we found that most UK businesses do not regard it as the main... from : charlieedwards 29th June 2006
- Risk and Security Management The course has been developed in conjunction with the private security industry and it aims to equip security professionals and those working in occupations with a significant security role, the ability to understand and apply relevant approaches, techniques and processes from both general management and their own specialist management field. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006
- The Cranfield Resilience Centre The purpose of the Cranfield University Resilience Centre is "to improve the capacity of organisations to respond to emergency and disruptive challenges - whether natural, accidental or deliberate - through the provision of relevant education, training, research and operational support". from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006
- International Security Management Association ISMA's mission is to provide and support an international forum of selected security executives whose combined expertise will be utilized in a synergistic manner in developing, organizing, assimilating, and sharing knowledge within security disciplines for the ultimate purpose of enhancing professional and business standards. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006