Contributors

Tore Bjørgo is Professor of Police Science at the Norwegian Police University College and Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

John Horgan is Director of the International Centre for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State University.

Zachary Abuza is Professor of Political Science at Simmons College, Boston, specializing in Southeast Asian politics and security issues.

Rogelio Alonso, Phd, is a Lecturer in Politics and Terrorism at Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid.

Richard Barrett, OBE, is Coordinator for the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the Security Council Committee for Al-Qaida and the Taliban – United Nations, New York.

Shazadi Beg holds a Master’s degree in international law from Southampton University. She practised as a barrister for more than 15 years in human rights and criminal law.She is currently working on a jihadi rehabilitation and disengagement project in the NWFP.

Laila Bokhari is a political scientist and research fellow with the Terrorism and Political Violence Project at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI).

Christopher Boucek is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University where his research focuses on issues related to terrorism, security, and regime stability in energy producing countries in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Audrey Kurth Cronin came to the U.S. National War College from Oxford University (Nuffield College), where she was Director of Studies for the Oxford/Leverhulme Program on the Changing Character of War.

Jaap van Donselaar is a cultural anthropologist, senior lecturer at Leiden University and researcher with the Anne Frank Stichting.

Sara Grunenberg is a psychologist and graduated from the University of Amsterdam.

Donatella della Porta is professor of sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute.

Diaa Rashwan is the director of "Program for the Study of Islamist Movements" at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS).

Marcella Ribetti is a Senior Research Analyst at Centra Technology.