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Edward Lucas

Senior Advisor at Center for European Policy Analysis

Edward Lucas is a Non-resident Senior Fellow and Senior Adviser at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). He was formerly a Senior Editor at The Economist. Mr Lucas has covered Central and Eastern European affairs since 1986, writing, broadcasting, and speaking on the politics, economics, and security of the region. A graduate of the London School of Economics and long-serving foreign correspondent in Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and the Baltic states, he is an internationally recognised expert on espionage, subversion, the use and abuse of history, energy security, and information warfare. He is the author of five books: The New Cold War (2008, revised and republished in 2014); Deception (2011); The Snowden Operation (2014), Cyberphobia (2015), and Spycraft Rebooted: How Technology is Changing Espionage (2018).  
Subjects:
Authoritarianism, Baltic Sea region, Brexit, Capitalism, Cybersecurity, Defence, Democracy, Digitalisation, Disinformation, Eastern Partnership, Economy, Energy, Europe, European Union, Geopolitics, Integration, Intelligence, Journalism, Liberalism, NATO, Populism, Russia, Security, Social Media, United Kingdom, United States, West
Updated: March 30, 2022

Agenda

How to Make the NB8 the New Powerhouse of Europe?
LMC 2025
2024 as the Year of Elections – Can Russian Disinformation Change our Politics?
LMC 2024
To Hold a Pen Is to Be at War: Silencing the Media
LMC 2023
Europe, European Union, NATO, United Kingdom
Here I Am: Europe’s Place in the World
LMC 2022
Disinformation, Intelligence, Journalism, Russia, Social Media, West
To the Limit: War, Social Media, and Intelligence
LMC 2022
Thinking Cannot Be a Campaign
LMC 2019
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Articles

Mistral short-range air defence missile system.
Baltic Sea region, Defence, NATO
Close to the Wind

In my 2015 report, “The Coming Storm” (2015) I highlighted the strategic incoherence of the Baltic Sea region.

Edward Lucas
LMC 2021
NATO military equipment in Paldiski port, Estonia. NATO is plugging the gaps in the security of the Baltic states.
Brexit, Disinformation, Populism, Russia, United States
Russia May Take Some Unwanted Risks

Even though awareness of Russia is rising, the frontline states in Europe are not safe.

Edward Lucas
LMC 2017

In the news

Hot Shots: Cold Sweats

CEPA, May 19, 2025

We must learn the lessons of 1939 to halt march of Putin, Baltic states warn

The Times, May 23, 2024

KOLUMN | Edward Lucas: kui USA ja liitlased ei suuda toime tulla Venemaaga, pole neil Hiinaga mingit šanssi

Delfi, May 21, 2024

Singing the Blues: the Baltics and Ukraine

CEPA, May 19, 2024

Does Europe need to declare a 'wartime economy'?

Deutsche Welle, May 30, 2023

EDWARD LUCAS ⟩ Globaalne lõuna näeb Ukraina sõda peamiselt läbi Ameerika-vastasuse prisma

Postimees, May 20, 2023
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