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Center for the Study of Terrorism
Chairs: Lawrence Husick & Edward Turzanski
In a relatively short time, ISIS has come to dominate the global jihadi arena, boasting its own state that incorporates parts of Syria and Iraq, spurring offshoots elsewhere in the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. At the same time, through sophisticated use of social media it has recruited foreign fighters from all over the world while inspiring others in the West to wreak havoc at home. Moreover, it has engaged in a deadly competition with its parent institution, Al Qaeda. Assessing the strengths and vulnerabilities of terrorist movements, and policy responses to them, is the main burden of FPRI’s Center for the Study of Terrorism.
The Center is chaired by Lawrence Husick, a specialist on technology and terrorism, and Edward Turzanski, a former member of the US intelligence community, each of whom appears regularly in local and national media, while lecturing to community groups around the country, including in 2015 the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council in Honolulu and the World Affairs Councils of Anchorage and Juneau (Alaska). The Center draws on scholars in our National Security Program and our Middle East Program, among them –
Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program
Senior Fellow James McGann