Edward Lucas (born 3 May 1962) is a British writer, journalist, security specialist and politician.

Career

Lucas is non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. Until 2018, he was a senior editor at ''

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''. Before moving to ''The Economist'', he edited ''Business Russia'' and ''Business Eastern Europe'' for the EIU in Vienna, was a Foreign Correspondent for ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', and produced ''Newshour'' for the

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. He writes a column for ''

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'' and occasionally writes for the ''

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''. He has edited '' Standpoint'' magazine. In September 2021, he was selected as the Liberal Democrat

prospective parliamentary candidate In British politics, a prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) is a candidate selected by political parties to contest under individual Westminster constituencies in advance of a general election. The term originally came into use because of ...

for the constituency of Cities of London and Westminster in the 2024 general election. Lucas came third with 4,335 votes.

Personal life

Lucas's second wife is the columnist Cristina Odone, with whom he has one child; he had two children with his first wife Claudia, who is German. He lives in London. His father was the

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philosopher John Lucas. On 1 December 2014, he became the first e-resident of

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.Journalist Edward Lucas becomes the 1st Estonian e-resident
ERR, 1 December 2014

Publications

* ''The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West '', Palgrave Macmillan (2008), . * ''Deception: The Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today'', Walker & Company (2012), *''The Snowden Operation: Inside the West's Greatest Intelligence Disaster'', Amazon (2014), ASIN: B00I0W61OY *''Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet'', Bloomsbury (2015), *''Spycraft Rebooted: How Technology is Changing Espionage,'' Amazon (2018), ASIN: B078W6LXGG

References

External links

Edward Lucas's site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Edward 1962 births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics British male journalists The Economist people Daily Mail journalists English Anglicans People educated at Winchester College Jagiellonian University alumni 20th-century British journalists 21st-century British journalists Liberal Democrats (UK) parliamentary candidates