Experts
Vice President for Research
Director, Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization
President
Islamism
In 2010, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies launched the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization. Through CSTR, Director Daveed Gartenstein-Ross focuses on terrorism research through the lens of the radicalization process.
The project has become known for its innovative and comprehensive research, and for its written work products.
In 2010, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies launched the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization. Through CSTR, Director Daveed Gartenstein-Ross focuses on terrorism research through the lens of the radicalization process.
The project has become known for its innovative and comprehensive research, and for its written work products. Since its inception, CSTR has delivered vital training to a range of agencies responsible for safeguarding America’s security -- including federal, state, and local law enforcement, and the U.S. military -- and it has received awards testifying to the high quality of its work.
By Jonathan Schanzer and Steven Miller
Gartenstein-Ross has become widely renowned for his expertise on evolving terrorist tactics. He has served as a trainer for a “mirror image” pre-deployment course for U.S. military units deploying abroad, enabling solders to get inside an adversary’s head, and to understand his thinking and perceptions.
Gartenstein-Ross and FDD President Clifford D. May co-edited The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security and Stability (FDD Press, 2010), featuring contributions from such top-flight scholars including C. Christine Fair, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Shuja Nawaz, and Joshua T. White, as well as Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States Said T. Jawad, and Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Husain Haqqani.
The Center’s shorter writings on Islamism have also appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Reader’s Digest, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, and The Journal of International Security Affairs, among others.
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