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by | Dec 8, 2009


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  • Chris Abbott is a freelance writer and researcher specialising in international security and foreign affairs. He holds the honorary positions of Sustainable Security Consultant to Oxford Research Group and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. He is the author of numerous influential articles and reports, and his first book, Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World, was published by Random House in April 2007, and is now available in five languages. He currently lives in West Cornwall and is writing his second book, 21 Speeches that Shaped Our World: The People and Ideas that Changed the Way We Think, due for publication in autumn 2010.


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