Jarret Brachman Explained

Jarret Brachman
Occupation:	Author, consultant, scholar, and on the faculty of North Dakota State University
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Augustana College (BA, 2000); University of Delaware (MA, 2002; PhD, 2006)
Subject:	Terrorism
Notableworks:	Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice

Jarret Brachman is an American terrorism expert,^[1] the author of Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice^{[2] [3]} and a consultant to several government agencies about terrorism.^{[4] [5]}

Education and career

Brachman graduated from Augustana College (BA, 2000) and University of Delaware (MA, 2002; PhD, 2006).^[6]

He is a former graduate fellow at the Central Intelligence Agency (2003), and the former director of research at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (2004–08).^{[7] [8]}

He coined the phrase "jihobbyist" in his 2008 book Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice.It is used to denote a person who is not an active member of a violent jihadi organization such as Al-Qaeda or the Somali Al Shabaab, but who has a fascination with and enthusiasm for jihad and Islamic extremism.^{[9] [10]}

Brachman, now managing director of Cronus Global LLC and a civilian scholar on the faculty of North Dakota State University, regularly briefs government officials on terrorism issues.^{[11] [12]}

In 2013, Brachman joined Wells Fargo's Emergency Incident Management Team.

Works

• Stealing Al-Qa'ida's playbook, Jarret M. Brachman, William F. McCants, Combating Terrorism Center, U.S. Military Academy, 2006
• Militant ideology atlas: research compendium, William McCants, Jarret Brachman, United States Military Academy, Combating Terrorism Center, 2006
• Terrorism and the American experience: constructing, contesting and countering terrorism since 1793, Jarret M. Brachman, University of Delaware, 2007
• Global jihadism: theory and practice, Jarret Brachman, Taylor & Francis, 2008,,
• News: The Next Osama; On the eighth anniversary of 9/11, it's time to finally confront al Qaeda's scary move toward modernization – and the charismatic sheikh who is leading the way. Foreign Policy. 2009-09-10. 2012-06-09. Jarret Brachman.
• News: A unifying force lost. Foreign Policy. 2012-06-08. 2012-06-09. Jarret Brachman.

See also

• Gamification
• Jihobbyist

External links

• Jarret Brachman website
• al-Qaida Strategy, Ideology, Doctrine, and Media, YouTube, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 29.06.2010

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009: The Year of Homegrown Terror . ABC News . March 23, 2010.
2. Web site: All Things Considered . Expert Discusses Ties Between Hasan, Radical Imam . NPR . November 10, 2009 . March 23, 2010.
3. Web site: Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent . PBS NewsHour . January 5, 2010 . March 23, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100325071454/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june10/cia_01-05.html . March 25, 2010 .
4. Web site: A serious terror case in years . Deccan Herald . March 23, 2010.
5. Web site: 'Jackal' gets to go to New York . HeraldTribune.com . March 23, 2010 . April 21, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160421191940/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091115/ARTICLE/911151040/-1/NEWSSITEMAP . dead .
6. Web site: Bio of Jarret Brachman . UGPTI . August 12, 2008 . March 23, 2010.
7. Web site: Angela Kennecke . News for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa . Keloland Television . May 14, 2008 . March 23, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927223619/http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0%2C69475 . September 27, 2011 .
8. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/world/asia/04iht-04qaeda.11663238.html?pagewanted=all Michael Moss and Souad Mekhennet, "Rising leader for next phase of al Qaeda's war"
9. News: Counter-terrorism experts say Jihad Jane represents a threat from online 'jihobbyists' . Oneindia News . March 20, 2010 . May 27, 2010 . December 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206040131/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/20/counterterrorism-experts-say-jihad-jane-represents-athreat.html . dead .
10. News: Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent . . January 5, 2010 . May 27, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100325071454/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june10/cia_01-05.html . March 25, 2010 .
11. Web site: Quieter presence urged in Mideast ; Terror study: Fighting U.S. boosts radicals . USA Today . John Diamond . February 15, 2006 . March 23, 2010 . October 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025011858/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/987309601.html?dids=987309601:987309601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+15,+2006&author=John+Diamond&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Quieter+presence+urged+in+Mideast+%3B+Terror+study:+Fighting+U.S.+boosts+radicals&pqatl=google . dead .
12. Web site: Biography . Jarret Brachman . June 11, 2010.