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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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Militants, Media, and the Gaza Information War

07.16.2026 Jacob Zenn

Executive Summary: Dozens of Gazans initially identified as journalists have been posthumously honored by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as members of their groups....

Publication Terrorism Monitor Israel
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Thailand’s Scam-Gang Crackdown Converges with U.S. Regional Interests

06.12.2026 Jacob Zenn

Executive Summary: Thailand and the United States are collaborating on new information-sharing systems to combat profitable scam gangs and human trafficking networks operating across Southeast...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Myanmar
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