Nicholas Ridley

After graduating in History, Nick Ridley became an intelligence analyst at the Metropolitan Police New Scotland Yard, and then at Europol, where worked in the intelligence analysis department and the anti - terrorist unit.

Whilst working in intelligence analysis he continued studying and gained two PhDs, in international relations and anti terrorism.

Nick is now in academia, formerly teaching at the Italian universities of Universita Cattolica in Milan and Teramo University, Teramo, at London Metropolitan University, and at The Hague University in the Netherlands. He is now a Visiting Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University.

Nick specialises in international history ,terrorism, and history of insurgencies