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International Centre for Defence and Security

Edward Lucas

Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis

Edward Lucas is a writer and consultant specialising in European and transatlantic security. His expertise also includes energy, cyber-security, espionage, information warfare and Russian foreign and security policy. Formerly a senior editor at The Economist, he now writes a weekly column in The Times. In 2008, he wrote The New Cold War, a prescient account of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, followed in 2011 by Deception, an investigative account of east-west espionage. His latest printed book is Cyberphobia (Bloomsbury, 2015). He has also written two e-books on espionage: The Snowden Operation and Spycraft Rebooted. He has contributed to books on religion, media ethics and the significance of Andrei Sakharov’s legacy. An experienced broadcaster, public speaker, moderator and panellist, Lucas has given public lectures at Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities. He is a regular contributor to the BBC’s Today and Newsnight programmes, and to NPR, CNN and Sky News.
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

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
Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Economy
The Economics of Authoritarian Capitalism: Does it Work Internally and Externally?
LMC 2008
Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Democracy, Liberalism
Does Authoritarian Capitalism Pose a Threat to Liberal Democracy?
LMC 2008
Economy, Europe, Geopolitics
From Geopolitical Success to Economic Crisis: Will Europe’s New Democracies Survive the Downturn?
LMC 2009
Eastern Partnership, European Union
The Eastern Partnership and Beyond: Practicalities and Possibilities for the EU’s Eastern Policy
LMC 2009
9 more

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

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‘We Will Kill Them Again’: As Russia Advances, Ukrainians Dig In

Rolling Stone, July 14, 2022

Näljamängud Venemaa moodi

Postimees, May 25, 2022

Timesi kolumnist Edward Lucas: järgmine NATO juht peaks olema eestlane, näiteks Kaja Kallas

Eesti Päevaleht, May 23, 2022

NATO sõjaline kohalolek kaitseb Eestit

Postimees, May 18, 2022

Edwardas Lucasas. Putino karas atskleidžia Europos susiskaldymą dėl saugumo

lrytas.lt, May 14, 2022

Brittiarvio: Itämeren puolustuksessa pahoja aukkoja – ”potentiaalia katastrofiin”

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