Shamima Begum is a victim?

February 17, 2019By Richard C PendryIraq, Military history, Radicalisation, Syria No Comments

Despite public outrage and the strong remarks by both Ben Wallace and the Home Secretary Sajid Javid, there is growing concern that Shamima Begum, the jihadi bride who ran away at 15 to join IS and who is now in a refugee camp in Syria, will be let back in to the UK with her new born baby. But this is nothing new, it is estimated that 400 of the 850 British citizens that went off to join the terror group, have already returned.

International Terrorism: A Critical Perspective

December 14, 2018By Richard C Pendrynews No Comments

International Terrorism, a Game of Smoke & Mirrors? International Terrorism is a difficult subject to understand and an even harder one to explain, especially when you’re trying to elucidate the various nuances of the phenomenon to a bunch of savvy third year students at one of the UKs leading universities. Nevertheless, that was an objective … Read More

Getting Crisis Ready. How Prepared Are You? #security #terrorism #crisismanagement #riskmanagement

August 18, 2018By Richard C PendryCrisis Management, Managing Risk, Security Consultancy and Training No Comments

  How Will Your Business, or Organisation Respond To Crisis? There are many organisations that have no response in place to manage a crisis situation. The fact of the matter is that they’re flying by the seat of their pants, operating under a misguided notion that because nothing bad has happened to them so far, … Read More

Radicalisation Risk in the UK. A Look at the All Female Terror Cell the ‘Mad Hatters’

July 3, 2018By Jessica KempCrisis Management, news, Radicalisation, Security Consultancy and Training No Comments

Court artist file sketch dated 11/05/17 by Elizabeth Cook of (left to right) Mina Dich, 43, Rizlaine Boular, 21, and Khawla Barghouthi, 20 (Elizabeth Cook/PA) source Recent headlines in the UK have focused on the Mad Hatters Terror Plot and an all female terror cell. In this blog I discuss radicalisation, how people become radicalised … Read More

Reputational Crisis Management. How Well Prepared Is Your Organisation?

June 25, 2018By Jessica KempCrisis Management, news No Comments

Crisis Hits Organisations Hard In February 2018, news broke that Oxfam aid workers had been involved with prostitutes while working for the charity after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The charity was accused of trying to hide the unsavoury incident to avoid tarnishing its reputation. Richard Pendry examines the consequences in this article for Crisis … Read More