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State & Hill

Faculty news, fall 2025

Dec 8, 2025
Ford School experts are publishing research, sharing their knowledge, and getting recognized.
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In the Media

Ali gives analysis on counterterrorism activity in Michigan

Nov 7, 2025 WXYZ Detroit
"This happens every day. It's been going on for 20-plus years and even before 9/11. The number of these counterterrorism investigations that the FBI leads on a daily basis or overseeing or managing," Ali said. "We're talking about into the thousands ...
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In the Media

Ali on Hezbollah's developing situation in Syria

Mar 17, 2025 Fox News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, said "Hezbollah is trying to take advantage of the new government’s weakness in Syria, but the group itself is in a precarious position." At the same time he says, "The U.S. is navigating a complex landscape in Syria...
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In the Media

Ali on implementation of ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

Jan 17, 2025 ABC
"Now the really hard part is going to start with the implementation of phase one" of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas says Javed Ali, Ford School professor and Former National Security Council Senior Director for Counterterrorism.
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News

Javed Ali comments on the New Orleans attack

Jan 5, 2025
As 2025 began with an act of domestic terrorism, many news outlets have turned to the Ford School's Javed Ali for insights on the matter. Ali spoke with BBC News, MSNBC, and WXYZ, to name a few, about the Jihadist-inspired attack in New Orleans on Ne...
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In the Media

Amidst recent acts of terrorism, Ali states ISIS ideology persists

Jan 5, 2025 MSNBC
Covering the recent acts of terrorism in New Orleans, MSNBC has turned to the Ford School's Javed Ali for insights on the situation. Ali urges that even though ISIS has changed over the past decade, "the ideology still remains, persists, and endures....
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In the Media

How citizens play a role in counterterrorism - Ali

Jan 2, 2025 WILX
With the recent attacks in New Orleans, news outlets such as WILX have turned to the Ford School's Javed Ali for counsel on counterterrorism in the U.S. Ali shared that law enforcement is often relying on citizens to remain aware "In the aftermath of...
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News

Ali responds to escalating conflict between Israel and Iran

Oct 4, 2024
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and former and former senior official at the National Intelligence Council,  National Counterterrorism Center, and National Security Council, rapidly respond to the shifting situations in the Middle East this week. He...
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In the Media

Eras tour threatened by teenagers - Ali

Aug 8, 2024 CBC Radio
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and counter terrorism expert explained the decision to cancel all of Taylor Swift's shows in Vienna. He said, "The decision to cancel the shows is an interesting one because that was not apparently based on either a d...
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State & Hill

Confronting the “Coup Belt” in Africa

Dec 12, 2023
Susan D. Page and Kamissa Camara in discussion An alarming number of countries in Africa have been experiencing coups over the past few years—a total of nine coups in three years—in Sudan, Burkina Faso (twice), Chad, Guinea, Mali (twice), and more...
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Biden needs a new counterterrorism approach - Ali

Feb 10, 2023
Since the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the attention towards counterterrorism has withered. However, in a new op-ed for The Hill, national security expert Javed Ali argues that the Biden administration must still prioritize counterterr...
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In the Media

Ali comments on enormity of FBI terrorist watch list

Oct 16, 2022 Washington Post
Javed Ali, Washington Post: "If there were that many terrorists in the world, we would be getting attacked all day long. That’s not the way to use a tool like this — if people are in there in error, they should not be there in perpetuity."
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In the Media

Ali calls for finetuning of FBI's terrorist screening watchlist

Apr 4, 2022 ABC News
A new ABC News in-depth report found that Americans on the FBI's terrorist screening watchlist are subject to pat-downs, detentions, and extensive interrogation without a trial. Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, weighed in on the watchlist,...
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In the Media

Ali on threats against educators

Nov 16, 2021 The Wall Street Journal
A recent FBI internal memo instructed heads of the agency’s criminal and counterterrorism divisions to flag all assessments and investigations into potentially criminal threats, harassment and intimidation of educators with a “threat tag."  "It’s...
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News

U.S. counterterrorism efforts moving forward - Ali

Sep 21, 2021
Javed Ali, associate professor of practice and counterterrorism expert, provided counterterrorism insights in a number of news outlets this week. "9/11 was such a profoundly important moment, not only in US history, but I would argue in internati...
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News

Ali examines the enduring threat domestic terrorism

Sep 8, 2021
In a opinion for the Atlantic Council, Javed Ali said the U.S. has not hit "the peak" of this wave yet, prompting higher security measures from the Biden administration. "The large number of current domestic terrorism investigations by the FBI na...
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News

Ali considers U.S.-Taliban relationship

Sep 1, 2021
Now that the United States is fully withdrawn from Afghanistan, what will counterterrorism in the region look like? Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, provided commentary to several outlets. "I would argue that ISIS-Khorasan has remained...
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News

Ali criticizes Biden administration's new counterterrorism plan

Jun 21, 2021
The Biden administration's recently released domestic counterterrorism strategy has drawn criticism from some counterterrorism experts. Javed Ali, incoming associate professor of practice, co-authored a commentary with Thomas S. Warrick, nonresident ...
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News

Ali calls for refocusing of U.S. counterterrorism efforts

May 17, 2021
“Four months after the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Biden administration has rolled out a series of measures to combat the serious threat of domestic terrorism,” Javed Ali, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford Sc...
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Javed Ali draws parallels between 9/11 and COVID-19 responses

Apr 2, 2020
As the United States grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are looking to recent historical crises to provide insights into the challenges we currently face. Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, wrote an opinion ...
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Ali and Huber (MPP '20) warn of terror threat in CNN op-ed

Sep 11, 2019
 Marking the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in a CNN opinion piece Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali and Ford School student Marcella Huber (MPP ‘20) call for the U.S. to take immediate steps to combat a specific looming terrorist thr...