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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- ASIS ASIS International, with more than 33,000 members, is the largest international organization for professionals responsible for security, including managers and directors of security. In addition, corporate executives and other management personnel, as well as consultants, architects, attorneys, and federal, state, and local law enforcement, are becoming involved with ASIS to better understand the constant changes in security issues and solutions. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006
- Threat Level: Severe The official assessment of the terrorist threat facing Britain has been made public for the first time today on the MI5 and Home Office websites. The threat level indicates that an attack in the UK is likely. The fact that the Home Office and MI5 took this decision is a positive step forward in tackling the lack of transparency around how decisions on security are made. But some big issues remain. from : charlieedwards 1st August 2006
- CANADA 2020 To encourage a debate about the major challenges Canada will face in the coming decades, the Dominion Institute and the Toronto Star have invited 20 leading thinkers to write about an issue or event that they think could transform the country by 2020. Jennifer Welsh, an academic from Oxford, kicks off the debate with a look at Canadian foreign affairs in 2020. It’s a pretty negative view of international relations, but nevertheless an interesting post on the future of Canadian... from : charlieedwards 2nd August 2006
- Reid: Security rethink needed Mr Reid said the "challenge to all of us" means "we may have to modify some of our freedoms in the short-term in order to prevent their misuse and abuse by those who oppose our fundamental values and would destroy our freedoms and values in the long-term". "It is up to each and all of us to ask the questions: what price our security? What price our freedoms? At what cost can we preserve our freedoms? from : charlieedwards 9th August 2006
- Sky News' take on today's speech The Home Secretary has called for society to help defend Britain from international terrorism, saying the Government cannot do it alone. John Reid said a new way of thinking about national security is needed if terror is to be defeated. from : charlieedwards 9th August 2006
- Cameron Actually ‘I love that word "relationship"…I fear that this has become a bad relationship...We may be a small country but we're a great one, too. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger’. British Prime Minister, ‘David’, played by Hugh Grant, Love Actually, 2005 ‘But we will serve neither our own, nor America's, nor the world's interests if we are... from : charlieedwards 11th September 2006
- Peace The NGO, International Alert have published some pretty worrying statistics on the British public's perception of conflict in the world today. In summary: * 74% of respondents felt the world to be more violent today * 70% felt that ‘religious differences’ was the most common reason for war * 63% felt the situation would decline further in the next fifty years * terrorism is perceived to be the second biggest violent threat today (38%) after crime in the UK (42%) from : charlieedwards 21st September 2006
- Radical or Restricted? John Reid, supported by Tony Blair, has called for a radical step change in Britain’s security services. The review will look at the role of MI5, MI6, police counter-terrorist units and GCHQ. But how radical will this review be? One of the major criticisms of the current British response to the new security challenges we face has been the bureaucratic and organisational inertia, where policy has not been determined by the nature of the challenge, but by the nature of the policy tools available. from : charlieedwards 29th September 2006
- J Curve First the world was flat. Now, according to Ian Bremmer, we should view the world as J Curved. Ian is giving a speech at Demos on 2nd November at 1100. If you would like to attend please email jcurve@demos.co.uk from : charlieedwards 19th October 2006
- Closing the Gap The report focuses on the future of security sector reform and how British Government departments can collaborate more effectively when implementing policy. from : charlieedwards 14th November 2006