About Jamestown’s Terrorism Program
Global Terrorism Analysis is produced by The Jamestown Foundation. Since September 11, 2003, Jamestown has been publishing Terrorism Monitor, a bi-weekly journal providing in-depth, objective analysis on al-Qaeda and the War on Terror. Jamestown has continually expanded on its coverage of terrorism and security issues, utilizing indigenous sources and with attention paid to frequently un-reported or under-reported topics. Spotlight on Terror is our occasional publication with interviews, special features or analysis of breaking news. Terrorism Focus began publication in August 2004 as a bi-weekly complement to Terrorism Monitor, and has since found a niche in providing timely, weekly analysis on events in global terrorism, with extensive translations and assessments of jihad on the web.
About the Analysts for Terrorism Monitor
Ethan Kaufman
Ethan Kaufman is a Terrorism Program Associate at The Jamestown Foundation. A recent graduate of The George Washington University, he specializing in the Arab and Islamic... MORE
Krishna Sharma
Krishna Sharma is a foreign affairs officer at the Department of State. The views expressed in his articles are his own and do not necessarily... MORE
Reza Parchizadeh
Dr. Reza Parchizadeh (@DrParchizadeh) is a political theorist, security analyst, and cultural expert. He wrote his master’s thesis on Middle Eastern history and Orientalist philosophy,... MORE
Sajid Aziz
Sajid Aziz is a researcher whose work revolves around security and foreign policy issues. He had previously worked as a Consultant at the Strategic Policy... MORE
Manuel Nicola Primitivi
Manuel Primitivi is an anthropologist focused on conflicts and extremism. He has a graduate degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam. He has... MORE
TU Hasnain Jaffery
TU Hasnain Jaffery is an independent researcher on the Af-Pak jihadist landscape.
Moneeb Mir
Moneeb Mir is a researcher at Centre for International Strategic Studies, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan (CISS-AJK). He is interested in comprehensive security, with a... MORE
Adam Rousselle
Adam Rousselle is an author and researcher whose areas of focus include geopolitics, political economy, and non-state actors. He is currently an editor and contributor... MORE
Neeraj Singh Manhas
Neeraj Singh Manhas is the Director of Research in the Indo-Pacific Consortium at Raisina House, New Delhi. He has authored three books and has various... MORE
Fuad Alakbarov
Fuad Alakbarov is an independent foreign policy analyst with emphasis on South Caucasus, Central Asia and Africa.
Necdet Ozcelik
Necdet Ozcelik is an independent security researcher on terrorism, insurgency and violent non-state actors.
Uday Bakhshi
Uday Bakhshi is a researcher focused on geopolitics and conflict in South and Southeast Asia. He is an operational risk analyst, and a contributor to... MORE
Tammy Lynn Palacios
Tammy Palacios leads the Priority Sustainable Counterterrorism initiative as a Senior Analyst at the New Lines Institute. This model is predominantly non-kinetic and builds off... MORE
Shafi Md Mostofa
Shafi Md Mostofa (PhD) is a theologian and security studies scholar with broad interests in political Islam, authoritarianism, modern South Asian history and politics, and... MORE
Ali Zahid
Ali Zahid is a freelance columnist covering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Nadeem Shah
Nadeem Shah is a journalist, counter-terrorism researcher and author of a research book Saraiki Region: Roots of Radicalization, which exposes militant networks in Saraiki region... MORE
Soumya Awasthi
Soumya Awasthi is a member of the expert group at the Centre on Armed Groups, Geneva. Her research interests include counter-terrorism, de-radicalization, South Asian strategic... MORE
Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai
Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai is the author of The Troubled Triangle: US-Pakistan Relations under the Taliban’s Shadow (Routledge, 2021).
Jorma Arvidson
Jorma Arvidson specializes on geopolitics and terrorism in the greater Middle East.
Iftikhar Firdous
Iftikhar Firdous is a former editor and freelance journalist covering terrorism and militancy in South Asia. He is on Twitter at the address: @IftikharFirdous
Nurbek Bekmurzaev
Nurbek Bekmurzaev is an independent researcher and freelance journalist based in Bishkek. He has a graduate degree in International and European Security from the University... MORE
Joseph Brennan
Joseph Brennan is a Program Associate at The Jamestown Foundation.
Jasminder Singh
Jasminder Singh is a Senior Analyst with the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, a constituent unit of the S. Rajaratnam School of... MORE
Rueben Dass
Rueben Dass is a Research Analyst with the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang... MORE
Daniele Garofalo
Daniele Garofalo is a researcher and analyst of jihadist terrorism. He is also involved in the study, research and analysis of jihadist organizations’ propaganda by... MORE
Abdul Basit
Abdul Basit is a research fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research focuses on jihadist militancy... MORE
Riccardo Valle
Riccardo Valle holds a Master's degree in diplomacy and international relations from University of Trieste, Italy, and he is now an independent researcher focused on... MORE
Brenda Githing’u
Brenda Mugeci Githing'u is an independent research consultant and counter-terrorism analyst focused on African terrorist organizations. She holds two bachelor’s degrees majoring in International Relations from... MORE
Jacob Ware
Jacob Ware is the research associate for counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations. Jacob holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh... MORE
Fatemeh Aman
Fatemeh Aman is a non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. She has written on Iranian, Afghan, and broader Middle Eastern affairs for over... MORE
Peter Kirechu
Peter Kirechu is the former director of the Conflict Finance and Irregular Threats Program at the Center for Advanced and Defense Studies (C4ADS). He is... MORE
Manhal Bareesh
Manhal Bareesh is a Syrian journalist and researcher within the framework of the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project, part of the Middle East Directions... MORE
Jacob Lees Weiss
Jacob Lees Weiss is an analyst specializing in the MENA region at Healix International and HX global. He holds an MA in Contemporary Arabic Studies from... MORE
Rami Jameel
Rami Jameel is a researcher who specializes in militant groups in the Middle East and North Africa. He focuses on the political and military conflicts... MORE
Can Kasapoglu
Dr. Can Kasapoglu is a defense analyst. Dr. Kasapoglu holds a M.Sci. degree from the Turkish Military Academy and a Ph.D. from the Turkish War College.... MORE
Cameron Evers
Cameron Evers is a Senior Intelligence Analyst for a global risk firm where he advises a Fortune 500 financial company on geopolitical risk. He has... MORE
J. H. Elswood
J.H. Elswood is a Scottish security and intelligence analyst based in London. After obtaining his Masters degree in Global Security and completing a course on... MORE
Syed Fazl-e-Haider
Syed Fazl-e-Haider is a contributing analyst at the South Asia desk of Wikistrat. He is a freelance columnist and the author of several books including... MORE
Jemimah Hudson
Jemimah Hudson is the Senior Analyst and Head of Former Soviet Union Reportingt at Falanx Assynt, based in London, focusing on the Former Soviet Union... MORE
Kyle Orton
Kyle Orton is an independent researcher focused on the Syrian war. He tweets @KyleWOrton.
Bassam Barabandi
Mr. Barabandi is Director of External Relations and Co-Founder of People Demand Change. Born in Damascus City with familial ties to Deir Azzour Province, Syria,... MORE
Ashley Scarfo
Ashley Scarfo is a Senior Intelligence Analyst at a multinational risk management firm who produces bespoke intelligence for clients across a wide variety of industries.... MORE
Andrew Devereux
Andrew Devereux is an Associate Analyst in Counter-Terrorism at Healix International and HX Global, focusing on terrorist incidents, actors and the wider MENA region. He... MORE
Nidal Betare
Prior to co-founding and working as the Managing Director of DC-based People Demand Change, Nidal Betare has held numerous positions working with civil society and... MORE
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... MORE
Meaghan Koudelka
Meaghan Koudelka is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Morocco and is an associate of the Institute for the Study of Counter-Terrorism... MORE
Christian Jokinen
Dr. Christian Jokinen received his doctorate from the Department for Contemporary History at the University of Turku in Finland. He specializes in political violence and... MORE
Sara Brzuszkiewicz
Sara Brzuszkiewicz is Managing Editor of European Eye on Radicalization, PhD student at the University of Sacred Heart (Milan), and researcher at al-Mesbar Studies &... MORE
Dana E Abizaid
Dana E Abizaid has worked for twelve years in Central Asia and Turkey. Currently, he teaches history at the Istanbul International Community School. He is... MORE
Kelly F. Thornberry
Kelly F. Thornberry writes on Middle East affairs.
Shahaf Rabi
Shahaf Rabi is a researcher at CSTK, specializes in Israeli targeted killings.
Alessandra Bocchi
Alessandra Bocchi is a freelance journalist based in Italy, focusing on conflict and politics in Libya and Tunisia.
Allan Pilch
Allan Pilch is a Researcher at the Center for the Study of Targeted Killing
Aleksandre Kvakhadze
Aleksandre Kvakhadze is a researcher of Caucasus region and terrorism based at Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS) as a research fellow.
Levi J. West
Levi J. West is the Director of Terrorism Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, and a PhD candidate... MORE
Nodirbek Soliev
Nodirbek Soliev is a PhD student at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was a senior analyst... MORE
Alessandro Arduino
Dr. Alessandro Arduino is co-director of the Security & Crisis Management Program at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences – UNITO.
Robert Troy Souza
Robert Troy Souza is a Middle East Research Analyst at the Center for the Study of Targeted Killing. He is also an Assistant Managing Editor for... MORE
Arkadiusz Legieć
Arkadiusz Legieć is a freelance researcher. His area of analysis is the post-Soviet region, terrorism (particularly the phenomenon of foreign fighters) and contemporary politics in... MORE
Ryszard Machnikowski
Ryszard Machnikowski is the vice-dean for research and international affairs of the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the University of Lodz, Poland. He... MORE
Omar Kebbe
Omar Kebbe is a Middle East and North Africa Analyst at Navanti Group, a geopolitical risk firm specializing in hard-to-access areas, and graduate of George... MORE
Elizabeth Santoro
Elizabeth Santoro is a Researcher at the Center for the Study of Targeted Killing who is about to receive a degree in Political Science from... MORE
Ariane Tabatabai
Ariane Tabatabai is the Director of Curriculum and an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Security Studies Program at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service... MORE
Nat Guillou
Nat Guillou is a political risk analyst specializing in the Middle East and South Asia with Stirling Assynt.
Lucas Winter
Lucas Winter is an analyst on the Middle East for the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) at Fort Leavenworth, KS. He has an MA in... MORE
Aris Roussinos
Aris Roussinos is a journalist and analyst with a specific focus on north-eastern Syria.
C. Alexander Ohlers
C. Alexander Ohlers is a former senior analyst for the U.S. Department of State in Baghdad, Iraq, and holds a PhD from the London School... MORE
Hajnalka Vincze
Hajnalka Vincze is a foreign and defense policy analyst in NATO/European issues. A former research fellow at the Hungarian Defense Ministry’s Strategic Research Institute, she... MORE
Rafid Jaboori
Rafid Jaboori is a journalist, writer and researcher. He is a former BBC World Service Reporter. He covered The Iraq War and its aftermath, the... MORE
Neil Hauer
Neil Hauer is Lead Analyst at the SecDev Group in Ottawa, Canada, where he focuses on Syria, Russia and the Caucasus.
Tobias J. Burgers
Tobias J. Burgers is a Doctoral Researcher at the Otto Suhr Institute, Free University Berlin, from which he holds a Master’s in Political Science. His... MORE
Scott N. Romaniuk
Dr. Scott N. Romaniuk is a Newton International Fellow of the British Academy and a Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security at University... MORE
Yasir Yosef Kuoti
Yasir Yosef Kuoti is a Middle East Analyst at Navanti Group, where he currently works on Yemen affairs. He lived and traveled extensively throughout the Middle... MORE
Mokhtar Awad
Mokhtar Awad is a Research Fellow in the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. Previously he was a Research Associate at the Center for... MORE
John Arterbury
John Arterbury is a Washington, DC-based security consultant who recently served as a Fellow for Georgetown University’s Global Futures Initiative focusing on international security.
Abdou Cisse
Abdou Cisse is a Senegalese journalist now focusing on jihadism in Senegal and West Africa.
Talat Masood
Lieutenant General Talat Masood is a retired officer of the Pakistan Army and writes on security issues for a variety of national and international newspapers... MORE
Dario Cristiani
Dario Cristiani is a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS) in Washington D.C., working on Italian foreign policy, Mediterranean... MORE
Edward Lemon
Edward Lemon is the DMGS-Kennan Institute Fellow, Daniel Morgan Graduate School in Washington DC. His research examines security, Islam, migration and politics in Tajikistan and... MORE
Göktuğ Sönmez
Göktuğ Sönmez received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and is a visiting researcher at the Center for Middle... MORE