Assaf Moghadam Joins Us As Contributing Expert
By Andrew Cochran
We're very pleased to welcome Dr. Assaf Moghadam to the CTB as our newest Contributing Expert. Dr. Moghadam is a Fellow in National Security at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. He is also a Research Associate at the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he recently defended his dissertation, titled “The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi-Jihadism, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks.” Dr. Moghadam serves on the editorial board of the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and has lectured widely on terrorism issues before various national and international audiences. He is a senior adviser to the Global Justice Group, an organization representing victims of terrorism, and has served as a consultant for the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard. Dr. Moghadam was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the author of a textbook, The Roots of Terrorism (New York: Chelsea House, 2006), and has published articles, op-eds, and book reviews in such outlets as Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence, the Political Science Quarterly, the International Herald Tribune, and the Boston Globe. He holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) and a Ph.D. in international relations from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a BA in Political Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
We look forward to Dr. Moghadam's contributions and insights.
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