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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- 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
- 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
- Winning hearts and minds in the next 24 hours critical Yesterday we hosted a speech by the Home Secretary, who called for greater partnership in tackling terrorism. 24 hours later, his words have a new relevance. I have just written an article for the Guardian arguing that John Reid now needs to put those words into practice. You can read it here.In 24 hours time Muslims will gather for Friday prayers, when they will digest what has happened and what it could mean for them. The government and police need to ensure talk of partnership doesn't... from : rachelbriggs 10th August 2006
- We're bringing it home... In December, we published Bringing it Home: Community-based approaches to counter-terrorism. Among it's key recommendations were the need for the government to get local in its approach; to talk to a much wider range of individuals and organisations; and to open up safe spaces for dissent, where the real and perceived sources of grievance could be given the air time they need.The Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) will publish a new strategy in the coming... from : rachelbriggs 18th March 2007