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Jacob Zenn

Editor, Terrorism Monitor and Militant Leadership Monitor; Senior Fellow, Terrorism Program

Jacob Zenn is the Editor of Terrorism Monitor and Militant Leadership Monitor, Senior Fellow on African and Eurasian Affairs at The Jamestown Foundation, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program. He is the author of Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria (Lynne Rienner, 2020) and has published widely on militant movements in leading academic journals. Zenn holds degrees from Georgetown Law and the Johns Hopkins SAIS Nanjing Center and has studied Uyghur and Persian in China and Uzbekistan.

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Baader-Meinhof Group’s Daniela Klette Captured in Germany

07.28.2026 Jacob Zenn

Executive Summary: On May 27, former Red Army Faction (RAF) member Daniela Klette was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a German court for...

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