James J.F. Forest

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James J. F. Forest is an American author and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell).

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Biography

James J.F. Forest was born and raised in Idaho, attended high school and community college in California, and earned degrees from Georgetown University, Stanford University and Boston College. He founded the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS) at UMass Lowell in 2013 and served as its Director from 2015 to 2016. [1] [2] [3]

He is also a visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. [4] He is the former director of Terrorism Studies at the United States Military Academy and a former senior fellow at the U.S. Joint Special Operations University. [5]

He has been cited as a terrorism expert by dozens of news outlets including CNN, [6] CBS, [7] The Globe Post, [8] CNBC, [9] and the Christian Science Monitor , [10] and is Editor-in-Chief of the academic research journal Perspectives on Terrorism . [1]

Selected publications

Books

Articles and other publications

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References

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  3. ↑ "About the Center for Terrorism & Security Studies". UMass Lowell. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Tufts
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  6. ↑ "Al Libi capture, CNN (October 8, 2013)". CNN. 7 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Why didn't Feds follow up more on Tsarnaev? CBS (April 29, 2013)". CBS. 29 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ignoring Domestic, Homegrown Terrorism is Choice that Benefits Few, The Globe Post (Nov. 11, 2018)". GlobePost. 10 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Did the Boston Bombers Have Help? CNBC (April 22, 2013)". CNBC. 22 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Boston Marathon attack: Circle of possible bombers narrows, experts say. Christian Science Monitor (April 16, 2013)". Christian Science Monitor. CSM. 16 April 2013.
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  12. ↑ "The Terrorism Lectures by James J. F. Forest - Nortia Press". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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  19. ↑ "The Conversation, October 11, 2023".
  20. ↑ "Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations".
  21. ↑ "JAMS Vol 12. No1".
  22. ↑ "Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness".
  23. ↑ Shortland, Neil; Forest, James J. F. (2020). "Tracking Terrorism: The Role of Technology in Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders". Science Informed Policing. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. pp. 57–76. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41287-6_4. ISBN   978-3-030-41286-9. S2CID   226754019.
  24. ↑ Forest, James J. F. (2019). "Crime-Terror Interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 45 (5–6): 1–21. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2019.1678881. S2CID   208833070.
  25. ↑ Asal, Victor; Forest, James J.F.; Nussbaum, Brian (2015). "Why do ethnopolitical organisations turn to crime?". Global Crime. 16 (4): 306–327. doi:10.1080/17440572.2015.1081818. S2CID   143268100.
  26. ↑ Idler, Annette; Forest, James J. F. (2015). "Behavioral Patterns among (Violent) Non-State Actors: A Study of Complementary Governance". Stability: International Journal of Security & Development. 4. doi: 10.5334/sta.er .
  27. ↑ "U.S. Military Deployments to Africa: Lessons from the Hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army". Defense Technical Information Center.
  28. ↑ "Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia: Lessons for U.S. Special Operations Forces". JSOU Press.
  29. ↑ Forest, James (January 2012). "Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism". Journal of Strategic Security. 5 (4): 51–68. doi: 10.5038/1944-0472.5.4.4 . S2CID   37645122.
  30. ↑ "Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare | Forest | Perspectives on Terrorism". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  31. ↑ "Special Issue: A Decade of War on Terror" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  32. ↑ "Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa'ida's Organizational Vulnerabilities". 14 February 2006.
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