Chris Abbott is a freelance writer and researcher specialising in international and security affairs. He is Sustainable Security Consultant to the Oxford Research Group (one of Europe's leading international security think tanks, of which he was Deputy Director until 2009) and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. His first book, Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World, co-authored with Paul Rogers and John Sloboda, is published by Rider and is now available in five languages. See www.chrisabbott.info for
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