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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, the author of Bin Laden’s Legacy (Wiley, 2011), has been described as “a well-known counterterrorism expert” by CQ Researcher. He has made both academic and practical contributions to the field.
Bin Laden’s Legacy, Gartenstein-Ross’s new book, reviews the first ten years of the U.S.’s “war on terror.” The volume examines the evolution of al Qaeda’s strategy, and argues that America’s overarching failure to understand the jihadi group has led to grave strategic missteps on the U.S.’s part. Foreign Policy has called the book a “remarkable and laudable work” that creates “both a road map and a score card for the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks redefined America’s sense of security.”
Other major academic contributions that Gartenstein-Ross has made include his research into the radicalization of “homegrown” terrorists that provides a new framework for understanding the impact of religious ideology; and his writings on the Somalia-based jihadi group al Shabaab. He has presented his research at events sponsored by Special Operations Command Europe (Germany), the Universität Tübingen (Germany), Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (Israel), National Defense University, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute, among others.
Gartenstein-Ross’s practical contributions fall into several categories. He is a regular lecturer for the Naval Postgraduate School’s Leader Development and Education for Sustained Peace (LDESP) courses, providing instruction to members of the U.S. military preparing for deployments to the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf. He also designs training courses and specific modules for use by U.S. government agencies, including the State Department’s Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance.
Additionally, Gartenstein-Ross has served as an expert witness on country conditions in Somalia and al Shabaab’s role in two successful immigration cases. He has undertaken story and series development for major media companies on topics related to national security. Some of his other consulting work includes working on a live hostage negotiation with an Iraqi insurgent group, and analyzing terrorist travel patterns for a European country trying to strengthen its border security.
Gartenstein-Ross’s writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Reader’s Digest, and The Wall Street Journal Europe, among others. He has written or edited eight books and monographs, and has testified before the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He is a Ph.D. candidate in world politics at the Catholic University of America, where he received a M.A. in the same subject. He earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the New York University School of Law, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Wake Forest University. He can conduct research in five languages, including Arabic.
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