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Prof. Yonah Alexander, PhD, heads the Potomac Institute's International Center for Terrorism Studies. In comments to The Globe and Mail, he reacted to the attack on the US embassy in Kabul, which comes as the US and allies are planning to turn security over to Afghanistan's own forces. The attack was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Click here to read the article including Prof. Alexander's comments.
Prof. James Giordano, PhD, is a neuroscientist, Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. In an essay for a Government Security News series on national security since 9/11, he writes about increasing interest in the use of neuroscience and neurotechnology to predict - and perhaps prevent - violence and terrorism. He writes that while we are "headed inexorably down this path," it is an avenue strewn with legal, social and ethical hazards. Click here to read the article in full.
Bill Powers, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. He is an expert in unmanned aerial systems and will be a featured participant at the IDGA Long Range Strike Summit in Washington, DC, from September 12-14. In a podcast produced in conjunction with IDGA, he talks about the emergence of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and the challenges and advantages associated with their increasing use. Click here to access the IDGA website and scroll down to the middle of the page to access the podcast.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith, (Ret.), is the Director of the Georgian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi, Georgia. He writes and lectures extensively on cybersecurity and the role of electronic media in international relations and security. In anarticle on the NextGov news website, Amb. Smith's comments on the part played by social media in the recent "Arab Spring" and other uprisings were quoted extensively, based on his web chat entitled "Social Media, Democracy and Oppression." Click here to read the article in full.
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, is a scholar and author of the book Inside Jihad. In comments to WRC-TV, he reacted to the arrest of a Woodbridge, Virginia man on charges of supporting the terrorist group best known for carrying out a fatal attack in Mumbai, India. Click here to watch coverage including Dr. Hamid's remarks.