{"id":5,"date":"2010-05-25T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2018-12-10T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:31:35","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/resource-library\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays &#038; Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click here for information and resources from the new book, <a title=\"Terrorism Lectures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/?page_id=215\"><em>The Terrorism Lectures<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>______<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some recent articles and essays authored or co-authored by James Forest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"http:\/\/scholarcommons.usf.edu\/jss\/vol5\/iss4\/9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (article published in the Winter 2012 issue of the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Strategic Security<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/btfYeiyeHpf37ICu4rS6\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Trends in Kidnapping by Terrorist Groups<\/a>&#8221; (article published in Fall 2012 issue of <em>Global Change, Peace and Security<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\" http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/IPbdZnuckan5GzsKd3j7\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa<\/a>&#8221; (article co-authored with Vanda Felbab Brown, published in the November 2012 issue of <em>Terrorism &amp; Political Violence<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Boko_Haram_JSOU-Report-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Confronting the Terrorism of Boko Haram in Nigeria<\/a> (Monograph published by Joint Special Operations University Press, May 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Speech on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/JForest-CrimeTerror_Dialogue_June2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crime and Terror Pipelines<\/a> delivered at the June 2012 Summit sponsored by the US Dept. of State and UK Ministry of the Interior<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/forest-perception-challenges\/html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare<\/a>&#8221; (Article published in April 2012 issue of <em>Perspectives on Terrorism<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlcom.nl\/upload\/AP_2011_nr__6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ungoverned Territories: Engaging Local Nongovernmental Entities in U.S. Security Strategy<\/a>&#8221; (Article published in July 2011 issue of the NATO journal <em>Atlantic Perspective<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Forest-CATO-Essay-Jan-091.pdf\">Terrorism as Product of Choices and Perceptions<\/a>&#8221; (Essay written for the 2009 CATO Institute conference on counterterrorism)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/152\/html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terrorism and Political Violence in Africa: Contemporary Trends in a Shifting Terrain<\/a>&#8221; (Article co-authored with Jenifer Giroux, published in August 2011 issue of <em>Perspectives on Terrorism<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a>&#8220;Exploiting the Fears of Al Qaida&#8217;s Leadership<\/a>&#8220;, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/sentinel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Sentinel<\/em> Vol. 2, No. 2<\/a> (February, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/article\/view\/156\/html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al-Qaeda&#8217;s Influence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Myths, Realities and Possibilities<\/a>&#8221; (Article published in August 2011 issue of <em>Perspectives on Terrorism<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Forest_Catastropic_Ideologies1.pdf\">Catastropic Ideologies<\/a>&#8221; (Essay written for the Fund for Peace &#8220;Threat Convergence Summit&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some recent scholarly journal activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php\/pot\/issue\/view\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Issue of <em>Perspectives on Terrorism,<\/em> on Terrorist Group Decision-Making<\/a> (Guest Editor: J. Forest)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/ftpv20\/24\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Issue of <em>Terrorism and Political Violence,<\/em> on Intersections of Crime and Terror<\/a> (Guest Editor: J. Forest)<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Influence Warfare and Modern Terrorism,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/www12.georgetown.edu\/sfs\/publications\/journal\/101\/consec.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Georgetown<\/em><em> Journal of International Affairs<\/em><\/a> Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter\/Spring, 2009), p. 81-90.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153AFRICOM: Troubled Infancy, Promising Future,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemporarysecuritypolicy.org\/archive\/volume30_issue1.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Contemporary Security<\/em> <em>Policy<\/em> Vol. 30, No. 1<\/a> (April, 2009). Co-authored with Rebecca Crispin.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Modern Terrorist Threat to Aviation Security,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorismanalysts.com\/pt\/index.php?option=com_rokzine&amp;view=article&amp;id=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Perspectives on Terrorism<\/em> 6<\/a> (January 4, 2008).<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Democratic Disadvantage in the Strategic Communications Battlespace.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informaworld.com\/smpp\/title~db=all~content=g748685791\" target=\"_self\"><em>Democracy and Security,<\/em> Vol. 2, No. 1<\/a> (Winter 2005), p. 73-102<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Click here for information and resources from the new book, The Terrorism Lectures ______ Here are some recent articles and essays authored or co-authored by James Forest: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (article published in the Winter 2012 issue of the&nbsp;Journal of Strategic Security) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/resource-library\/articles\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}