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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.

Contact details:
Tel: 0207 367 6321
Email: charlie[dot]edwards@demos[dot]co[dot]uk

Expertise:
National security, UK Defence, Resilience and Intelligence
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Charlie Edwards writes, lectures and consults on national security,  resilience, defence and intelligence.

He works with international institutions, government departments, companies, and NGOs and is a regular commentator in the national and international media. Charlie recently edited UK Confidential, a collection of essays on privacy.

His most recent report is National Security for the Twenty-first century. Other publications include: National Security for the Twenty-first century (Demos 2007); The case for a national security strategy (Demos 2007); The Business of Resilience: Corporate Security  for the 21st century (Demos 2006), Closing the Gap: Creating a shared vision of security sector reform (Demos 2006), and A Force for Change: Policing 2020 (Demos 2006).

Charlie has recently presented his work to the Australian Command and Staff College; ASPI, ANZOG and SSA seminar series, International Intelligence Directors Course, Chicksands; and Chatham House.

Charlie is currently a guest editor for the Global Dashboard blog.

His current projects include:

Resilient Nation: How communities respond to systemic breakdown (supported by ARUP)

Connecting the Dots: Understanding risks in a complex world
(supported by the UK Government's Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Horizon Scanning Centre)