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Charlie Edwards
Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.
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Jeff Dunham – Achmed the Dead Terrorist
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go&feature=related[/youtube]
CONTEST 2: Spot the difference
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CONTEST 2: Content is fine – communication is key
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Marshalling Mayhem and Chaos
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Just a thought: Is the NSF an admission of failure by Government?
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Remote Control Warriors
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Ciudad Juárez
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The British public: ‘Of Marginal Utility’
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The Conservative Party’s Achilles’ Heel: National Security and Defence
National security is now the Tory Party’s weakest policy area – outmoded, fragmented and bereft of original thinking. Its a gap that David Cameron badly needs to address.
No miracle on the Hudson
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Danger Zone
The image shows the areas in Africa most at risk from Malaria.
187 years of immigration to the US
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/2424744[/vimeo]
The Invisible Rope
Saturday’s Map: Ocean Currents
From a special report in The Economist: Human beings no longer thrive under the water from which their ancestors emerged, but their relationship with the sea...
The IDF’s new weapons of war: Twitter and You Tube
Two of my favourite blogs, MountainRunner and Danger Room highlight the IDF's attempt to win over the blogosphere using Twitter and You Tube. Why? Because...
Ten foreign policy predictions for 2009*
Mexico: The world's leading narco state will, unnoticed, dissolve into total chaos destabilising the surrounding region. Middle East: February elections in...
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