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Ali discusses recent developments with ISIS

Feb 3, 2022

Major developments in the fight against ISIS took place in the past week, and the Ford School's Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, whose area of expertise is national security. Early in the week, a 42-year-old American woman, Allison...

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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...

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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Now that the United States is fully withdrawn from Afghanistan, what will counterterrorism in the region look like?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...

In the Media

Ali says ISIS-K should be taken very seriously

Aug 25, 2021 BBC World News

Javed Ali explains why ISIS-K is so dangerous on BBC World News. "Isis Khorasan, one could argue, remained the most active and viable branches of the broader ISIS family."...."As the attacks have shown over the past few years, (this group)...

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Amid unprecedented security for the Inauguration, Ali argues the domestic terrorism will remain main U.S. security threat

Jan 19, 2021

Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali, who spent his career in counterterrorism, including as a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, said the massive and unprecedented security measures taken in advance...

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...

Scott Atran discusses sacred values and devoted actors on Social Science Bites podcast

Apr 6, 2017

The Social Science Bites podcast describes Scott Atran's research as sitting “at the intersection of violent acts and cognitive science.” Atran, an adjunct research professor at the Ford School, seeks to understand what motivates ‘devoted actors’ to...

State & Hill

Alumna combats violence against women with GenderHopes

Apr 22, 2013

Knowledge is power for combatting violence against women "So far, there aren't reliable statistics on domestic violence in Monaco," says Vibeke Brask Thomsen (MPP/MA '06), founder and director of GenderHopes. "It doesn't mean they don't exist, we...

Research on the ISIS frontline and with Al Qaeda Affiliates

Mar 9, 2017, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, 1120 (Annenberg Auditorium)

The International Policy Center hosts Scott Atran (University of Oxford/ CNRS, Paris/ University of Michigan) presents his field research from Europe, North Africa, and the frontlines in the battle with ISIS to make the case that the Devoted Actors' commitment to making costly sacrifices enables low-power groups to endure and often prevail against materially much stronger foes.

Global Policy Perspectives

Understanding ISIS: Evolution, ideology, and implications

Oct 29, 2014, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

The International Institute and the International Policy Center host a panel discussion with foremost experts on the Middle East and the threat of ISIS.

General George W. Casey, Jr.: Weathering an era of persistent conflict

Mar 14, 2016 1:19:00

General George W. Casey, Jr. talks about how the rise of non-state actors with global reach, like al Qaida and ISIS, has significantly complicated an already difficult international security environment. March, 2016.

Understanding ISIS: Evolution, ideology, and implications

Oct 29, 2014 1:21:46

This II Round Table brings together four experts to shed light on different aspects of ISIS: its origins, ideology, popular support, and impact on the international system.

Understanding ISIS: Evolution, ideology, and implications