Peter Sandby-Thomas

Peter Sandby-Thomas is a full-time lecturer in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and research co-ordinator for the Institute for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He specializes in political authority and counterterrorism.

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Articles by Peter Sandby-Thomas

Morocco Flexes Its Muscles Over Western Sahara: An Analysis of Rabat’s Standoff With Tehran

On May 1, the Kingdom of Morocco made the dramatic step of severing all political ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran and withdrawing its ambassador from Tehran. The Moroccan

Media Appearances

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers Interviewed by L’Express

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers was recently interviewed by French news outlet L’Express about the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit (NATO) in Washington DC... MORE

Books and Reports

The Changing Face of Islamist Militancy in North Africa

The Changing Face of Islamist Militancy in North Africa contains the proceedings of a panel from Jamestown’s December 2008 conference entitled “The Expanding Geography of Militant Jihad.” The report includes presentations by Theresa Whelan (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense); Andrew... MORE