Declan Power is an independent security and defence analyst, published author and former soldier. In addition to offering training on crisis/risk management and intelligence analysis technique, he is delivers the Terrorism and International Security Studies course at City Colleges Dublin, a course he devised for a wide variety of security practitioners. He is also an Adjunct Teaching Fellow in Conflict, Security and Development at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to this Declan worked abroad extensively with the European Commission on projects involving counter-terrorism and violent extremism. In recent years he led on a successful joint Irish-Swiss government funded project to manage conflict and crisis in South Sudan. He was also a panelist on the 2015 White Paper on Defence.

Declan is a graduate of DCU and TCD and has received specialist training and education at the Defence Force Military College, Brunel University Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, the UN and NATO’s CCOE. He is a UN-certified facilitator/Instructor in Crisis and Emergency Management. When not deployed, Declan provides analysis to both broadcast and print media on security and defence matters. He is the author of ‘Siege at Jadotville’, successfully adapted for the Netflix film of similar title.

Contact Declan: declan@securitysafety.ie