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| Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |
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Described as "a rising star in the counterterrorism community" by the International Herald Tribune, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is the Director of the Center for Terrorism Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. His research interests include homegrown terrorism, radicalization, jihadist ideology, al-Qaeda's safe havens, and energy security. Gartenstein-Ross co-authored two major reports in 2009, Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K. and Terrorism in the West 2008. The former is an empirical examination of the radicalization process in 117 homegrown jihadi terrorists that provides a new framework for understanding the impact of religious ideology. Renowned terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins, senior advisor to the president of the RAND Corporation, described the work as "an important study that adds to our knowledge of terrorist radicalization." Gartenstein-Ross has presented his research on radicalization at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Marine Corps University, National Defense University, and to international delegations from Denmark and Russia, among others. In addition to his academic research on terrorism, Gartenstein-Ross seeks to craft practical solutions to some of the field's vexing problems. His consulting work has included live hostage negotiations, work on border security issues, and story development for major media companies. He frequently leads training for the U.S. military and federal, state, and local law enforcement; in 2009 he received a Leader Development and Education for Sustained Peace Support Excellence Award from U.S. Army Central Command for this work. Gartenstein-Ross has also served as a Subject Matter Expert designing and delivering training for the U.S. State Department's Office of Antiterrorism Assistance, and was recently an expert witness in a successful asylum case where the asylee feared retribution from Somalia's al-Shabaab due to his family's support of the country's transitional federal government. Gartenstein-Ross has testified before the U.S. Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Georgia's state legislature. His writings on the war on terror have been published widely, including in Middle East Quarterly, The Journal of International Security Affairs, Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Weekly Standard, The Times of India, and The National Post (Canada). He has published four monographs, co-edited the book From Energy Crisis to Energy Security (FDD Press 2008), and wrote a memoir entitled My Year Inside Radical Islam (Tarcher/Penguin 2007). The memoir details Gartenstein-Ross's work in his early twenties for an international Wahhabi charity that has been named a specially designated global terrorist entity by the U.S. Treasury Department, an experience that provides him a unique perspective on Islamic extremism. His personal story was featured on CNN's acclaimed 2007 special God's Warriors, and other media appearances he has made include BBC, NPR, PBS, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and al-Jazeera. A Ph.D. candidate in world politics at the Catholic University of America, Gartenstein-Ross earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Wake Forest University, where he was a Nancy S. Reynolds Scholar and won the 1997 the national championship in intercollegiate policy debate. Gartenstein-Ross was selected for the Claremont Institute's prestigious Lincoln Fellowship in 2007. He can conduct research in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, Spanish, and French. Gartenstein-Ross can be contacted by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , and you can follow him on Twitter. |
Media
In the Media
Print & OnlineAssessing the Militant White Separatist Movement, CTR Vantage (01/28/2010)
Is Obama's TSA Nominee Soft on Terrorism?, The Long War Journal: Threat Matrix (01/13/2010)
Is the Importance of Terrorist Ideology a Myth? , The Long War Journal: Threat Matrix (01/11/2010)
Was CAIR Responsible for the Zamzam Arrests?, The Long War Journal: Threat Matrix (12/13/2009)
Rumors of David Headley, Rogue CIA Asset, The Long War Journal: Threat Matrix (12/11/2009)
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Broadcast
The Jon Justice Show, KZPT - Tucson (AZ) (02/04/2010)
KSRO Morning News, KSRO/CNN Radio (01/26/2010)
The Jon Justice Show, KZPT - Tucson (AZ) (01/26/2010)
The Frank Beckmann Show, WJR - Detroit (MI) (01/18/2010)
The Lars Larson Show, Syndicated (01/14/2010)
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Mentions
The Symbolic Weight of Guantanamo, quoted by Gregg Carlstrom, The Majlis (02/05/2010)
Beneath Symbols: The Thing-Itself, mentioned by Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman (02/05/2010)
Terrorist Dropouts, mentioned by Michael Jacobson, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (01/31/2010)
Calls For Surveillance Rise With Jump in U.S. Terrorism Cases, Detroit Free Press (01/17/2010)
BEHIND THE LINES: Our Take on Other Media's Homeland Security Coverage, quoted by David C. Morrison, Congressional Quarterly (01/14/2010)
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International Media
News, Al Jazeera English (01/24/2010)
Inside Story, Al Jazeera English (12/10/2009)
Jihad: Made in America, quoted by Andrew Purcell, Sunday Herald (Scotland) (11/30/2009)
GMTV (11/06/2009)
The World Tonight (11/05/2009)
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President's Notes
Notes and Comments (10/13/2009)Notes and Comments (10/06/2009)
Notes and Comments (08/25/2009)
Notes and Comments (08/18/2009)
Notes and Comments (11/11/2008)
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Research
Briefings and Testimonies
Can We Drill Our Way to Energy Security? (03/05/2009)Intelligence Briefing #004: Iraq's Provincial Elections (01/29/2009)
Why Energy Security Matters Despite Falling Oil Prices (01/13/2009)
Intelligence Briefing #003: Israel Attacked from the North (01/08/2009)
The Superpower and Its Courts: How the Nullified Suits against Libya Show the Weaknesses of Litigation against State Sponsors of Terror (01/05/2009)
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Studies and Monographs
CTR Vantage: The Luqman Abdullah Shooting and Cause Celebre Islam (11/20/2009)Terrorism in the West 2008 (07/29/2009)
Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K. (04/27/2009)
Fixing Our Pakistan Problem (04/24/2009)
The Role of Consensus in the Contemporary Struggle for Islam (12/08/2008)
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Events
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Leads Two Sessions at the United States Attorney's Campus Counter-Terrorism Training Program
April 13, 2009
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Leads Anti-Terrorism Training in Northern Ohio
March 23, 2009
Gartenstein-Ross Leads Anti-terrorism Training for Alabama Law Enforcement
March 16, 2009
FDD's Leading Thinkers' Series Presents: The Pakistan Peoples Party's Counter-Terrorism Strategy
October 31, 2008
Gartenstein-Ross Leads Anti-terrorism Training for South Carolina Law Enforcement
June 5, 2008
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From the Blogs
Western terrorism recruits in Somalia, Counterterrorism Blog (11/25/2009)
The Danger Signs of Terror, Counterterrorism Blog (11/24/2009)
LTTE Leader Arrested, Counterterrorism Blog (08/07/2009)
New Report: Terrorism in the West 2008, Counterterrorism Blog (07/30/2009)
Pakistan's Fifth Column, Counterterrorism Blog (07/17/2009)
SOCIAL MEDIA
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