James J. F. Forest Explained

James J. F. Forest is an American author and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell).

Biography

Forest was born and raised in Idaho, attended high school and community college in California, and earned degrees from Georgetown University, Stanford University and Boston College. He founded the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS) at UMass Lowell in 2013 and served as its Director from 2015 to 2016.[1] [2] [3]

He is also a visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[4] He is the former director of Terrorism Studies at the United States Military Academy and a former senior fellow at the U.S. Joint Special Operations University.[5]

He has been cited as a terrorism expert by dozens of news outlets including CNN,[6] CBS,[7] The Globe Post,[8] CNBC,[9] and the Christian Science Monitor,[10] and is Editor-in-Chief of the academic research journal Perspectives on Terrorism.[1]

Selected publications

Books

Articles and other publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About . ICCT . 21 April 2020 . 15 April 2021.
  2. Web site: James J.F. Forest, Ph.D..
  3. Web site: About the Center for Terrorism & Security Studies. UMass Lowell . 16 April 2021.
  4. https://fletcher.tufts.edu/people/james-forest Tufts
  5. Web site: About. James J.F. Forest.
  6. Web site: Al Libi capture, CNN (October 8, 2013). 7 October 2013. CNN.
  7. Web site: Why didn't Feds follow up more on Tsarnaev? CBS (April 29, 2013). 29 April 2013 . CBS.
  8. Web site: Ignoring Domestic, Homegrown Terrorism is Choice that Benefits Few, The Globe Post (Nov. 11, 2018). 10 November 2018. GlobePost.
  9. Web site: Did the Boston Bombers Have Help? CNBC (April 22, 2013). 22 April 2013. CNBC.
  10. Boston Marathon attack: Circle of possible bombers narrows, experts say. Christian Science Monitor (April 16, 2013). Christian Science Monitor. 16 April 2013. CSM.
  11. Web site: Digital Influence Warfare in the Age of Social Media .
  12. Web site: The Terrorism Lectures by James J. F. Forest - Nortia Press . 2019-07-06 . 2019-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706123951/http://www.nortiapress.com/portfolio-item/forest/ . dead .
  13. Web site: Praeger - Home . 2019-07-06 . 2019-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702154321/https://www.abc-clio.com/Praeger.aspx . dead .
  14. Web site: Intersections of Crime and Terror.
  15. Web site: USSOCOM Library: Joint Special Operations University Press Publications: 2012.
  16. Web site: Discipline.
  17. Web site: Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives.
  18. Web site: Rowman & Littlefield | Rowman & Littlefield.
  19. Web site: The Conversation, October 11, 2023.
  20. Web site: Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations.
  21. Web site: JAMS Vol 12. No1.
  22. Web site: Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness.
  23. Book: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342257450 . 10.1007/978-3-030-41287-6_4. Tracking Terrorism: The Role of Technology in Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders . Science Informed Policing . Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications . 2020 . Shortland . Neil . Forest . James J. F. . 57–76 . 978-3-030-41286-9 . 226754019 .
  24. Crime-Terror Interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa. 10.1080/1057610X.2019.1678881. 2019. Forest. James J. F.. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 45 . 5–6 . 1–21. 208833070.
  25. Why do ethnopolitical organisations turn to crime?. 10.1080/17440572.2015.1081818. 2015. Asal. Victor. Forest. James J.F.. Nussbaum. Brian. Global Crime. 16. 4. 306–327. 143268100.
  26. 10.5334/sta.er. Behavioral Patterns among (Violent) Non-State Actors: A Study of Complementary Governance. 2015. Idler. Annette. Forest. James J. F.. Stability: International Journal of Security & Development. 4. free.
  27. U.S. Military Deployments to Africa: Lessons from the Hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army . Defense Technical Information Center . en.
  28. Web site: Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia: Lessons for U.S. Special Operations Forces . JSOU Press.
  29. Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism. Journal of Strategic Security. January 2012. 5. 4. Forest. James. 51–68. 10.5038/1944-0472.5.4.4. 37645122 . free.
  30. Web site: Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare | Forest | Perspectives on Terrorism . 2019-07-06 . 2019-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706130048/http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/forest-perception-challenges/html . dead .
  31. Web site: Special Issue: A Decade of War on Terror . 2019-07-06 . 2016-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160804020159/http://www.atlcom.nl/upload/AP_2011_nr__6.pdf . dead .
  32. Web site: Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa'ida's Organizational Vulnerabilities. 14 February 2006.