Contributors

Dr. Ajai Sahni is Founding Member & Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management; Editor, South Asia Intelligence Review; Executive Director, South Asia Terrorism Portal; Executive Editor, Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution. He has researched and written extensively on issues relating to conflict, politics and development in South Asia, and has participated in advisory projects undertaken for various National or State Governments. He jointly edited (with K.P.S. Gill) Terror & Containment: Perspectives on India’s Internal Security; and The Global Threat of Terror: Ideological, Material and Political Linkages. He has lectured at numerous professional institutions.

Dr. Ajai Sahni is Founding Member & Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management; Editor, South Asia Intelligence Review; Executive Director, South Asia Terrorism Portal; Executive Editor, Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution. He has researched and written extensively on issues relating to conflict, politics and development in South Asia, and has participated in advisory projects undertaken for various National or State Governments. He jointly edited (with K.P.S. Gill) Terror & Containment: Perspectives on India’s Internal Security; and The Global Threat of Terror: Ideological, Material and Political Linkages. He has lectured at numerous professional institutions.

Dr. Ajai Sahni is Founding Member & Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management; Editor, South Asia Intelligence Review; Executive Director, South Asia Terrorism Portal; Executive Editor, Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution. He has researched and written extensively on issues relating to conflict, politics and development in South Asia, and has participated in advisory projects undertaken for various National or State Governments. He jointly edited (with K.P.S. Gill) Terror & Containment: Perspectives on India’s Internal Security; and The Global Threat of Terror: Ideological, Material and Political Linkages. He has lectured at numerous professional institutions.

Dr. Ajai Sahni is Founding Member & Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management; Editor, South Asia Intelligence Review; Executive Director, South Asia Terrorism Portal; Executive Editor, Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution. He has researched and written extensively on issues relating to conflict, politics and development in South Asia, and has participated in advisory projects undertaken for various National or State Governments. He jointly edited (with K.P.S. Gill) Terror & Containment: Perspectives on India’s Internal Security; and The Global Threat of Terror: Ideological, Material and Political Linkages. He has lectured at numerous professional institutions.

Dr. Ajai Sahni is Founding Member & Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management; Editor, South Asia Intelligence Review; Executive Director, South Asia Terrorism Portal; Executive Editor, Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution. He has researched and written extensively on issues relating to conflict, politics and development in South Asia, and has participated in advisory projects undertaken for various National or State Governments. He jointly edited (with K.P.S. Gill) Terror & Containment: Perspectives on India’s Internal Security; and The Global Threat of Terror: Ideological, Material and Political Linkages. He has lectured at numerous professional institutions.

Dr. Namrata Goswami is an independent strategic analyst, author and consultant on counter-

insurgency, counter-terrorism, alternate futures, and great power politics. After earning her

Ph.D. in international relations, she served for nearly a decade at India’s Ministry of Defense

(MOD) sponsored think tank, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi,

working on ethnic conflicts in India’s Northeast, counter-terrorism and China-India border

conflict. Her research and expertise generated opportunities for collaborations abroad, and she

accepted visiting fellowships at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway; the La Trobe

University, Melbourne, Australia; and the University of Heidelberg, Germany. In 2012, she was

selected to serve as a Jennings-Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace

(USIP), Washington D.C. where she studied India-China border issues, and was awarded a

Fulbright-Nehru Senior Fellowship that same year. Shortly after establishing her own strategy

and policy consultancy in 2016 after relocating to the U.S., she won the prestigious MINERVA

grant awarded by the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense (OSD) to study great power

competition in the grey zone of outer space. In 2017, she was awarded a contract with Joint

Special Forces University (JSOU) to write a monograph on ISIS in Asia, in which one of her

field of study was Indonesia. The monograph has since been published and can be found here:

https://jsou.libguides.com/c.php?g=83714&p=5622417

With expertise in international relations, ethnic conflicts, counter insurgency, wargaming,

scenario building, and conflict resolution, she has been asked to consult for audiences across the

globe, from academia to policy-makers. She was the first representative from South Asia chosen

to participate in the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies NATO Partnership

for Peace Consortium (PfPC) ‘Emerging Security Challenges Working Group.’ She also

received the Executive Leadership Certificate sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School of

Government, National Defense University (NDU), and the Asia Pacific Center for Security

Studies (APCSS). Currently, she is working on a book project on “Ethnic Conflicts” with Oxford

University Press, and another one on ‘Great Power Ambitions in Outer-Space” to be published

by Lexington Press, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield.

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Associate Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) and Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand (Singapore: ISEAS, 2009).

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Associate Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) and Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand (Singapore: ISEAS, 2009).

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Associate Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) and Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand (Singapore: ISEAS, 2009).

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Associate Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) and Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand (Singapore: ISEAS, 2009).

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Associate Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of Piety and Politics: Islamism in Contemporary Malaysia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) and Islam, Education and Reform in Southern Thailand (Singapore: ISEAS, 2009).

Since 2008, Renad has held research and teaching positions focusing on issues of comparative politics and international relations in the Middle East. His research at Chatham House explores the situation of Iraq in transition and the dilemmas posed by state-building.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Renad was an El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Centre, where he examined Iraq, Iran and Kurdish affairs. Renad is also a research fellow at the Cambridge Security Initiative based at Cambridge University and from 2013, he held positions as lecturer of International Studies and supervisor at the faculty of politics, also at Cambridge University. Renad has been a senior research fellow at the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies in Beirut since 2011 and was adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Civil Society Ministry between 2008 and 2010. He received his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Since 2008, Renad has held research and teaching positions focusing on issues of comparative politics and international relations in the Middle East. His research at Chatham House explores the situation of Iraq in transition and the dilemmas posed by state-building.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Renad was an El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Centre, where he examined Iraq, Iran and Kurdish affairs. Renad is also a research fellow at the Cambridge Security Initiative based at Cambridge University and from 2013, he held positions as lecturer of International Studies and supervisor at the faculty of politics, also at Cambridge University. Renad has been a senior research fellow at the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies in Beirut since 2011 and was adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Civil Society Ministry between 2008 and 2010. He received his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Since 2008, Renad has held research and teaching positions focusing on issues of comparative politics and international relations in the Middle East. His research at Chatham House explores the situation of Iraq in transition and the dilemmas posed by state-building.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Renad was an El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Centre, where he examined Iraq, Iran and Kurdish affairs. Renad is also a research fellow at the Cambridge Security Initiative based at Cambridge University and from 2013, he held positions as lecturer of International Studies and supervisor at the faculty of politics, also at Cambridge University. Renad has been a senior research fellow at the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies in Beirut since 2011 and was adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Civil Society Ministry between 2008 and 2010. He received his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Since 2008, Renad has held research and teaching positions focusing on issues of comparative politics and international relations in the Middle East. His research at Chatham House explores the situation of Iraq in transition and the dilemmas posed by state-building.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Renad was an El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Centre, where he examined Iraq, Iran and Kurdish affairs. Renad is also a research fellow at the Cambridge Security Initiative based at Cambridge University and from 2013, he held positions as lecturer of International Studies and supervisor at the faculty of politics, also at Cambridge University. Renad has been a senior research fellow at the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies in Beirut since 2011 and was adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Civil Society Ministry between 2008 and 2010. He received his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Since 2008, Renad has held research and teaching positions focusing on issues of comparative politics and international relations in the Middle East. His research at Chatham House explores the situation of Iraq in transition and the dilemmas posed by state-building.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Renad was an El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Centre, where he examined Iraq, Iran and Kurdish affairs. Renad is also a research fellow at the Cambridge Security Initiative based at Cambridge University and from 2013, he held positions as lecturer of International Studies and supervisor at the faculty of politics, also at Cambridge University. Renad has been a senior research fellow at the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies in Beirut since 2011 and was adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Civil Society Ministry between 2008 and 2010. He received his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge.

As Deputy Director at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Marisa Cochrane Sullivan supervises the Iraq and Afghanistan Projects. Ms. Cochrane Sullivan also conducts research on Iraqi political dynamics, Shi’a militia groups, and the security envi­ronment in central and southern Iraq. Ms. Cochrane Sullivan has also authored numer­ous publications on these issues, including Balancing Maliki and The Fragmentation of the Sadrist Trend. Ms. Cochrane Sullivan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from Boston College, where she held a Presidential Scholarship and won the prestigious McCarthy Award for her scholarship in the Social Sciences. She has also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hussain Abdul-Hussain is an expert on the Middle East and the Washington correspondent of Kuwaiti daily Al Rai. Abdul-Hussain previously worked for the Congressionally-funded Arabic television channel Alhurra, and for Beirut's Daily Star. He has contributed articles to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune and USA Today, and has appeared on both CNN and MSNBC. He appears regularly on Arabic satellite television channels. Abdul-Hussain is a graduate of the American University of Beirut.

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Berman is the author or editor of five books:Tehran Rising: Iran’s Challenge to the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005),Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), and, most recently, Implosion: The End of Russia and What it Means for America (Regnery Publishing, 2013).

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Berman is the author or editor of five books:Tehran Rising: Iran’s Challenge to the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005),Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), and, most recently, Implosion: The End of Russia and What it Means for America (Regnery Publishing, 2013).

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Berman is the author or editor of five books:Tehran Rising: Iran’s Challenge to the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005),Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), and, most recently, Implosion: The End of Russia and What it Means for America (Regnery Publishing, 2013).

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Berman is the author or editor of five books:Tehran Rising: Iran’s Challenge to the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005),Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), and, most recently, Implosion: The End of Russia and What it Means for America (Regnery Publishing, 2013).

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Berman is the author or editor of five books:Tehran Rising: Iran’s Challenge to the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005),Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), and, most recently, Implosion: The End of Russia and What it Means for America (Regnery Publishing, 2013).

Craig Whiteside is an associate professor of national security affairs for the U.S. Naval War College at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He researches the Islamic State and is a fellow at the ICCT – The Hague, George Washington Program on Extremism, and USIP’s Resolve Network.

Anas Elallame is an Intelligence Analyst at Pinkerton at Facebook. He is also a Native Level linguist in Arabic & French. He Co-Authored “The Logistics of Terror: The Islamic State’s Immigration & Logistics Committee”, and translated several Jihadi organizations primary material sources.

Alberto M. Fernandez is Vice-President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) and a board member of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. Ambassador Fernandez served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1983 to 2015, and as the State Department's Coordinator for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications from March 2012 to February 2015. From 2009-2012, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; prior to that, he was U.S. Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Sudan (June 2007-May 2009), Director for Near East Public Diplomacy (2005-2007), Director for Iraq Public Diplomacy (2004-2005) and in senior public diplomacy positions at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, and Guatemala.

Alberto M. Fernandez is Vice-President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) and a board member of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. Ambassador Fernandez served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1983 to 2015, and as the State Department's Coordinator for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications from March 2012 to February 2015. From 2009-2012, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; prior to that, he was U.S. Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Sudan (June 2007-May 2009), Director for Near East Public Diplomacy (2005-2007), Director for Iraq Public Diplomacy (2004-2005) and in senior public diplomacy positions at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, and Guatemala.

Alberto M. Fernandez is Vice-President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) and a board member of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. Ambassador Fernandez served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1983 to 2015, and as the State Department's Coordinator for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications from March 2012 to February 2015. From 2009-2012, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; prior to that, he was U.S. Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Sudan (June 2007-May 2009), Director for Near East Public Diplomacy (2005-2007), Director for Iraq Public Diplomacy (2004-2005) and in senior public diplomacy positions at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, and Guatemala.

Alberto M. Fernandez is Vice-President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) and a board member of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. Ambassador Fernandez served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1983 to 2015, and as the State Department's Coordinator for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications from March 2012 to February 2015. From 2009-2012, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; prior to that, he was U.S. Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Sudan (June 2007-May 2009), Director for Near East Public Diplomacy (2005-2007), Director for Iraq Public Diplomacy (2004-2005) and in senior public diplomacy positions at the U.S. Embassies in Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, and Guatemala.

Yaakov Lappin is a military and strategic affairs correspondent and researcher.

He is an Associate Researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan

University, and the Israel correspondent for Jane’s Defense Weekly and the military

correspondent for Jewish News Service (JNS.org).

Yaakov is a regular guest commentator on international TV and radio outlets, including Sky

News, BBC World Service, and I24, to provide commentary on defense issues.

In 2010, he published Virtual Caliphate – Exposing the Islamist state on the internet, a book that

explored the jihadist online presence.

Micah Levinson is a Junior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. Trained in government and political economy, he earned a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He also holds a certificate in counterterrorism from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. Micah's research focuses on revolutionary groups and the stability of authoritarian regimes, and he has published on these topics in Politics, Philosophy & Economics and has contributed to The Political Economy of Democracy and Tyranny, edited by Norman Schofield.

Lorena Atiyas Lvovsky is Researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), and serves as the ICT External Relations Manager, facilitating ICT cooperation with academic, security and governmental bodies.

Micah Levinson is a Junior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. Trained in government and political economy, he earned a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He also holds a certificate in counterterrorism from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. Micah's research focuses on revolutionary groups and the stability of authoritarian regimes, and he has published on these topics in Politics, Philosophy & Economics and has contributed to The Political Economy of Democracy and Tyranny, edited by Norman Schofield.

Barak Seener is a Research Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Prior to his time at RUSI, Seener was one of the founding members of the Henry Jackson Society in Westminster, and was the Society’s Director for the Greater Middle East Section. As an expert on the Middle East and the Israel-Palestine controversy, he has appeared on multiple TV networks such as Al-Jazeera, the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, etc… and has published extensively for the Hudson Institute, Middle East Quarterly, Muslim World, Jerusalem Post, etc… Mr. Seener holds a Master’s degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birbeck College, University of London and a BA in History and Politics from Queen Mary, University of London.

Barak Seener is a Research Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Prior to his time at RUSI, Seener was one of the founding members of the Henry Jackson Society in Westminster, and was the Society’s Director for the Greater Middle East Section. As an expert on the Middle East and the Israel-Palestine controversy, he has appeared on multiple TV networks such as Al-Jazeera, the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, etc… and has published extensively for the Hudson Institute, Middle East Quarterly, Muslim World, Jerusalem Post, etc… Mr. Seener holds a Master’s degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birbeck College, University of London and a BA in History and Politics from Queen Mary, University of London.

Lorenzo Vidino, Ph.D., is the author of the 2011 and 2014 editions of the Italy chapter in the World Almanac of Islamism. He is also an academic and security expert who specializes in Islamism and political violence in Europe and North America. Currently a senior fellow at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, he previously held positions at the RAND Corporation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has taught at Tufts University, the University of Maryland (START), the National Defense University and the University of Zurich. He is the author of three books and frequent articles in several prominent newspapers and academic journals. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and consults with governments, law firms, think tanks and media in several countries. A native of Milan, Italy, he holds a law degree from the University of Milan Law School and a doctorate in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Lisa Aronson Wein is former Senior Analyst at CEB and a recent graduate of the masters program Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where she specialized in European Studies and International Economics. While attending SAIS she worked at Frontier Strategy Group, a research and advisory firm that serves executives looking to expand into emerging markets, and the United States Department of Commerce Office of Trade Negotiations and Analysis. She has also held positions at the Population Reference Bureau and the American Foreign Policy Council. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of Florida.

Lorenzo Vidino, Ph.D., is the author of the 2011 and 2014 editions of the Italy chapter in the World Almanac of Islamism. He is also an academic and security expert who specializes in Islamism and political violence in Europe and North America. Currently a senior fellow at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, he previously held positions at the RAND Corporation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has taught at Tufts University, the University of Maryland (START), the National Defense University and the University of Zurich. He is the author of three books and frequent articles in several prominent newspapers and academic journals. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and consults with governments, law firms, think tanks and media in several countries. A native of Milan, Italy, he holds a law degree from the University of Milan Law School and a doctorate in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

AFPC thanks our anonymous authors for their generous contributions to the World Almanac of Islamism.

AFPC thanks our anonymous authors for their generous contributions to the World Almanac of Islamism.

Dr. Francesco Marone is Research Fellow for the Program on Radicalization and International Terrorism at ISPI - Italian Institute for International Political Studies, in Milan, and Adjunct Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Pavia. He is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT). He is the author of several publications in the field of security studies. In particular, his research interests focus on radicalization and terrorism.

Dr. Francesco Marone is Research Fellow for the Program on Radicalization and International Terrorism at ISPI - Italian Institute for International Political Studies, in Milan, and Adjunct Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Pavia. He is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT). He is the author of several publications in the field of security studies. In particular, his research interests focus on radicalization and terrorism.

Dr. Francesco Marone is Research Fellow for the Program on Radicalization and International Terrorism at ISPI - Italian Institute for International Political Studies, in Milan, and Adjunct Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Pavia. He is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT). He is the author of several publications in the field of security studies. In particular, his research interests focus on radicalization and terrorism.