Paul Cruickshank Joins Us As Contributing Expert
By Andrew Cochran
Paul Cruickshank, a Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University’s School of Law, joins us today as our newest Contributing Expert. Paul graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in history, and has a Masters degree with Honors in International Relations from the Paul. H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. He has also worked in the European Parliament in Brussels and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C.
He collaborated closely with Peter Bergen in interviewing acquaintances of Osama bin Laden for Bergen’s 2006 oral history "The Osama bin Laden I Know" and worked with CNN on a two-hour Emmy-nominated documentary “In the footsteps of bin Laden.” Paul has written about al Qaeda and Islamist groups for a number of publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. He has provided on-air analysis to CNN, BBC, NBC, CBS, BBC, Fox News and Al Jazeera on national security issues. He wrote an article on the Bhutto assassination for The Guardian yesterday titled, "Plan B For Pakistan:"
We look forward to Paul's contributions.