Peter R. Neumann

Peter R. Neumann
Born	(1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 (age 50)
Nationality	German
Occupation(s)	Journalist, academic
Organization	International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence

Peter Rudolf Neumann ^[1] (born 4 December 1974) is a German journalist and academic who frequently appears on radio and television as an expert on terrorism and political violence. He is the Founding Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence as well as Professor of Security Studies at the War Studies Department of King's College London.

Career

Neumann worked in Germany as a radio journalist. According to his biography he 'went to university in Berlin, Belfast and London. He received an MA in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.' ^[2]

Neumann was director at the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College London from 2005-2007 and was then Director of The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR); a terrorism research institute based at King's College London. ^[3]

Political activities

Ahead of the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections in 2017, Neumann served as adviser to Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet. ^[4]

In October 2019, Neumann was present for a speech Michael Gove made at the German embassy in London on German Unity Day, ^[5] and summarised part of the speech on social media. The content of the summary was disputed by Gove, who requested that he "reflect the whole speech in context". Neumann described a negative reaction to parts of the speech from the audience, who he said "clearly felt that a comparison was made" between the reunification of Germany and Brexit. ^[6]

Ahead of the 2021 elections, CDU chairman Armin Laschet included Neumann in his eight-member shadow cabinet for the Christian Democrats’ campaign. ^[7]

Other activities

• Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Member of the European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues
• International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
• Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, a project of the Fourth Freedom Forum, Advisor ^[8]

Bibliography

Books

Authored

• Neumann, Peter R. (1999). IRA: Langer Weg zum Frieden (in German). Europäische Verlagsanstalt. ISBN   978-3434530435.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2000). Al Gore: Eine Biographie (in German). Deutsche Verlagsanstalt. ISBN   978-3421054319.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2003). Britain's long war: British strategy in the Northern Ireland conflict 1969-98. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   978-1403917799.
• Smith, Michael L. R.; Neumann, Peter R. (2008). The strategy of terrorism: how it works and why it fails. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0415426183.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2009). Joining Al-Qaeda: Jihadist recruitment in Europe. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0415547314.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2009). Old and New Terrorism. London: Polity. ISBN   978-0745643755.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2016). Radicalized: New Jihadists and the Threat to the West. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN   978-1784536732.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2016). Der Terror ist unter uns: Dschihadismus, Radikalisierung und Terrorismus in Europa (in German). Berlin: Ullstein. ISBN   978-3550081538.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2020). Bluster: Donald Trump's War on Terror. New York: Hurst and OUP. ISBN   978-0190099947.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2023). Logik der Angst: Die rechtsextreme Gefahr und ihre Wurzeln (in German) (2nd ed.). Rowohlt. ISBN   978-3737101837.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2023). The New World Disorder: how the West is destroying itself. Translated by David Shaw. Scribe. ISBN   978-1915590145.
• Neumann, Peter R. (2024). Die Rückkehr des Terrors: Wie uns der Dschihadismus herausfordert (in German) (2nd ed.). Rowohlt. ISBN   978-3737102223.

Edited

• Neumann, Peter R., ed. (2015). Radicalization. Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-1138791268.

Research reports

• Heißner, Stefan; Peter R. Neumann; John Holland-McCowan; Rajan Basra (2017). Caliphate in decline: an estimate of Islamic State's financial fortunes (PDF). London: International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, King's College London.

Articles

• Neumann, Peter R. (Summer 2006). "Europe's jihadist dilemma". Survival. 48 (2): 71–84.

Critical studies and reviews of Neumann's work

The strategy of terrorism

• Harley, Jason (Autumn 2010). "[Untitled review]". Australian Army Journal. 7 (1): 181–186.

External links

• Professor Peter Neumann at King's College London
• Returning Jihadis: A Generational Threat - Fathom Journal, 23 November 2016

References

1. "Nach Magdeburg-Anschlag: Terrorismus-Experte zeigt sich fassungslos". www.fr.de (in German). 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
2. bio on King's College London website, accessed 29 October 2010
3. ICSR: Peter Neumann – Director
4. Christian Wiermer (April 20, 2017), NRW-Wahlkampf: Terror-Professor wird Berater von CDU-Spitzenkandidat Armin Laschet Express
5. "Remarks at the German Embassy by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: 3 October 2019". GOV.UK. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
6. "Michael Gove accused of comparing Brexit to fall of Berlin wall". The National. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
7. Fatina Keilani and Christoph Prantner (September 3, 2021), Personen statt Positionen: Laschet bringt sein «Zukunftsteam» in Stellung Neue Zürcher Zeitung .
8. "Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation - Advisors". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2009-10-16.