Rachel Briggs
Director, Hostage UK
Rachel Briggs is Director of Hostage UK, a charity chaired by Terry Waite. It aims to provide support and practical help to the families of hostages and the hostages upon release, and also offers educational services to organisations sending employees to work in kidnap hot spots. For more information, see www.hostageuk.org Rachel runs Hostage UK part-time, and spends the rest of her time as a visiting fellow of UCL where she conducts research on radicalisation. She is also a freelance...
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- Getting tougher on terrorism, tougher on the causes of terrorism?... From the other side of the Atlantic, we instinctively feel that the US has totally over-reacted to the threat of terror. Sitting in my hotel room just around the corner from the White House, and after scores of discussions about the Bush administration's record in this area, this instinct seems pretty spot on. What's more, I'm sure that the security at Heathrow on Thursday morning will remind me that we are not far behind that ourselves. from : rachelbriggs 18th July 2006
- Chinese Whispers Don't get me wrong, I find the concept of an 'axis of evil' as bonkers as the next person. The idea that the world could be divided into two - the good guys and the bad guys - sounds like something straight out of a cowboy movie (hmm).But when I was giving a talk to Chinese civil servants this morning I was reminded of the fact that, while we are able to dismiss it as simplistic nonsense, this piece of rhetoric is influencing the way some Chinese view the West and the... from : rachelbriggs 7th August 2006