Chris Abbott

Chris Abbott is the founder and executive director of Open Briefing, the world’s first civil-society intelligence agency. He is an honorary visiting research fellow in the School of Social and International Studies at the University of Bradford and the author of two popular books on security and politics.

Blowback: the failure of remote-control warfare

It all seemed so convenient: remote-control warfare would minimise military casualties while rendering the civilian dead invisible. But the battlefield has come home.

By Chris Abbott

/ 4 Feb 2015

Trapped and beaten by police in Climate Camp

Media coverage of the G20 protests has focused almost entirely on the violence outside the Bank of England and, following the release of Guardian footage, the tragic death of Ian

By Chris Abbott

/ 9 Apr 2009

Beyond terrorism: towards sustainable security

The sight of planes flying into the Twin Towers in New York on 11 September 2001 has become an iconic image of our times. Forever burned into the public consciousness,

By Chris Abbott

/ 16 Apr 2007

The Blair doctrine and after: five years of humanitarian intervention

The notion that nations should go to war, not for territorial interests, but in order to save the lives of peoples threatened by humanitarian disaster, is potentially a noble and

By John Sloboda and Chris Abbott

/ 21 Apr 2004

Chris Abbott

Blowback: the failure of remote-control warfare

Trapped and beaten by police in Climate Camp

Beyond terrorism: towards sustainable security

The &#147;Blair doctrine&#148; and after: five years of humanitarian intervention

The Blair doctrine and after: five years of humanitarian intervention