Press

James regularly writes for Jane’s Intelligence Review Magazine and has recently written on a range of issues including the long-term terrorism trends following the US election, preparedness issues and criminality issues in central america.

James Blake, Rising to the digital security challenge, How can NGOs prioritise cyber and information risks, March 2023

James Blake The issue of corporate risk and reputation, Security Magazine, September 9, 2022

James Blake Best Practices for protecting elected officials, Security Magazine, August 18, 2022

James Blake, Changing the narrative, combating mis and disinformation in Guatemala, December 2022, Janes

James Blake, Preparing a corporate security team for the future, March 2021, blog post NGRM

James Blake, Building supply chain resilience in the age of emerging security risks, blog post NGRM, March 2021

James Blake, retooling risk management in the age of emerging threats, NGRM Blog, February 20, 2021

James Blake, Disinformation companies in the crosshairs, January 12, 2021, Security Magazine.

James Blake, risk communication strategies in the age of COVID, December 26, 2020

James Blake, 2021: moving from crisis to recovery, December 16, 2020

James Blake, 2021 must be the year for preparedness, December 13, 2020

James Blake, Soufan Center, COVID-19 drives Yazidis to face new risks in return to Sinjar, December 9, 2020

James Blake, Medium, Here is how to prevent a violent aftermath to the US Presidential Election, September 17, 2020

James Blake and Dr Linda Lopez, Climate Change and Cities: Preparing for the next movement of people, Wilson Center, New Security Beat, October 19, 2020

James Blake. Yemen’s Triple Emergency, Brooking’s Institute, Lawfare, August 24, 2020

James Blake. Disinformation and Security Risk Management for NGOs, Global Inter-agency Security Forum, July 31, 2020

James Blake. “Local Solutions Needed to Stem Humanitarian Crisis in Central America’s Dry Zone.” New Security Beat, Wilson Center, April 22, 2020.

James Blake. “Preventing the Next Boko Haram in Northern Mozambique.” Council on Foreign Relations, May 20, 2020.

James Blake. “Covid-19 and Conflict Zones: Prepare Now or Face Catastrophe.” New Security Beat, Wilson Center, April 6, 2020.

James Blake. “West Africa Is Increasingly Vulnerable to Terrorist Groups.” Foreign Policy, April 4, 2020.

James Blake and Dr. Colin Clarke. “Latin America: Local, Not Central, is Key to Reducing Crime and Violence.” Just Security, March 27, 2020.

James Blake and Irina von Wiese. “Opinion: How aid agencies can help Europe’s border crisis.” Devex, March 18, 2020.

James Blake: Humanitarian Challenges: Amping up urban response to COVID 19, New Security Beat, Wilson Center, May 19, 2020.

Television and speaking engagements

James provides expert commentary on political and security issues to a range of media outlets, including the BBC World News, Channel 4 News (UK) and CBC News Network (Canada), among others.

He has recently spoken to think tanks, universities and the media on a range of preparedness and security issues.