Charles Emmerson
Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources
Expertise
- Global risk, foresight and strategy
- Security, geopolitics, natural resources and climate
- Arctic geopolitics and geo-economics
- Soft power and foreign policy
- Global governance
Recent Publications
- 1913: The World before the Great War, Random House, April 2013
- Eve of Disaster: Why 2013 Looks Like the World of 1913, Foreign Policy, January 2013
- Arctic Opening: Opportunity and Risk in the High North, with Glada Lahn, Chatham House-Lloyd's Risk Insight Report, April 2012
- 'Australia Rises Up', The World Today, February/March 2012
- Maritime Choke Points and the Global Energy System: Charting a Way Forward, with Paul Stevens, Briefing Paper, January 2012
- 'Inside Out – the Emerging Geopolitics of a Changing Arctic', Baltic Rim Economies, November 2011
- 'Environment: Worlds Of Water', The World Today, July 2011
- Russia's Arctic Opening, Foreign Policy, March 2011
- The Future History of the Arctic, London, 2010/2011
- Testimony to the House of Commons Strategic Metals Enquiry, 2011
- Winning is Back, With a Vengeance, Global Brief, October 2010
- Global Risk reports, World Economic Forum, 2006-2008, 2011
- Sustainable Consumption reports, World Economic Forum, 2010-2011
- EU Crisis Response Capabilities Reconsidered, 2005
- Charles Emmerson has also written articles for the Financial Times, Monocle, The Huffington Post and other media outlets
Experience
| 2008 - Present |
Freelance geopolitical consultant and writer |
| 2005 - 2008 |
Fellow, World Economic Forum; latterly Associate Director and Head, Global Risks |
| 2003 - 2005 |
Researcher, International Crisis Group |
Broadcast Experience
Extensive
Languages
French