Counterterrorism Blog

We are pleased to announce that Thor Ronay, the president of International Assessment and Strategy Center, a non-profit policy research corporation, has joined the board of the Counterterrorism Foundation.

Thor Ronay is a terrorism and national security consultant to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies. Ronay has more than 25 years of experience in national security policy and management positions, including service in the Reagan Administration, the U.S. Congress, and in the think tank community. Ronay has served as a consultant or advisor to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Agency for International Development, National Security Council; and, as a Member of the Department of State’s Terrorism Advisory Group. In the early 1980's, Ronay also was a federal officer responsible for managing counter-terrorism and infrastructure protection programs. He has been an international election observer; Senior Fellow of the Program on Transitions to Democracy at The George Washington University; and, Assistant to the Chairman of one of the world’s largest private corporations. Ronay is a MA graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is the Washington Fellow of its Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response.