Peter Neumann: Radicalisation

Peter Neumann is a Professor of Security Studies at the War Studies Department, and serve as Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR, www.icsr.info ), which he founded in early 2008.

He has authored or co-authored five books, including Old and New Terrorism, published by Polity Press in 2009; and The Strategy of Terrorism (with MLR Smith), published by Routledge in 2008. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, dealing with different aspects of terrorism and radicalization, especially ‘homegrown’ radicalization in Western countries. Shorter articles and opinion pieces have appeared in, among others, the New York Times, Der Spiegel, and the International Herald Tribune.

He has taught courses on terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, radicalization and counter-radicalization at King's College London and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he continues to serve as adjunct professor.

He holds an MA in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin, and a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London. Before becoming an academic, he worked as a radio journalist in Germany.

Research that influenced Peter:

Marc Sageman Understanding Terror Networks

Quentin Wiktorowicz's Radical Islam Rising

William Zellner Counter-cultures

Peter's own Research:

Radicalised

Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures with Rajan Basra

Donald Trump's War on Terror (forthcoming)