James J. F. Forest

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

• Digital Influence Warfare in the Age of Social Media ABC-CLIO/Praeger^[11] (2021) ISBN 9781440870095
• The Terrorism Lectures Nortia Press^[12] (2012, 2015, 2019) ISBN 9780984225293
• Essentials of Counterterrorism Praeger^[13] (2015) ISBN 9781440834707
• Intersections of Crime and Terrorism Routledge^[14] (2013) ISBN 9781138945753
• Countering the Terrorism Threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria JSOU Press^[15] (2012) ISBN 9781933749709
• Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (2nd Edition) McGraw-Hill^[16] (2011) ISBN 9780078026225
• Influence Warfare: How Terrorists and Governments Fight to Shape Perceptions in a War of Ideas Praeger^[13] (2009) ISBN 978-0313347313
• Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives Routledge^[17] (2008) ISBN 9781857434439
• Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives Praeger^[13] (2007) ISBN 978-0275990343
• Homeland Security: Public spaces and social institutions Praeger^[13] (2006) ISBN 978-0275987701
• Teaching Terror: Strategic and tactical learning in the terrorist world Rowman & Littlefield^[18] (2005) ISBN 978-0742540774

Articles and other publications

• “Israel has no good options for dealing with Hamas’ hostage-taking in Gaza,” The Conversation (October 11, 2023).^[19]
• “The Evolution of Islamist Terrorism in the 20th Century” in The Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations, edited by Michael A. Sheehan, Erich Marquardt, and Liam Collins] (London: Routledge, 2021).^[20]
• “Political Warfare and Propaganda,” Journal of Advanced Military Studies vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 2021).^[21]
• “Prevention of Public Panic in the Wake of Terrorist Incidents” (w/Juan Merizalde and John Colautti) in The Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness, edited by Alex P. Schmid (The Hague: ICCT Press, 2021).^[22]
• “Tracking Terrorism: The Role of Technology in Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders” (w/Neil Shortland), in Science Informed Policing, edited by Bryanna Fox, Joan A. Reid and Anthony J. Masys (London: Springer, 2020).^[23]
• “Crime-Terror Interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (Oct. 2019).^[24]
• “150 Un- and Under-Researched Topics and Themes in the Field of (Counter-) Terrorism Studies,” Perspectives on Terrorism Vol. 12, No. 4 (August 2018)
• “Why do Ethnopolitical Organizations Turn to Crime?” (with Victor Asal and Brian Nussbaum) Global Crime 16, no. 4.^[25]
• “Behavioral Patterns among (Violent) Non-State Actors: A Study of Complementary Governance” (with Annette I. Idler). Stability: International Journal of Security and Development 4(1): 2 (January 2015).^[26]
• U.S. Military Deployments to Africa: Lessons from the Hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. Tampa, FL: JSOU Press.^[27]
• Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia: Lessons for U.S. Special Operations Forces (with Joshua Meservey and Graham Turbiville). Tampa, FL: JSOU Press.^[28]
• "A Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism," Journal of Strategic Security (Winter 2012)^[29]
• "Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare," Perspectives on Terrorism (April 2012)^[30]
• “Ungoverned Territories: Engaging Local Nongovernmental Entities in U.S. Security Strategy,” Atlantic Perspective (July 2011)^[31]
• Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting al-Qa'ida’s Organizational Vulnerabilities (with Joe Felter, Jarret Brachman et al.). West Point, NY: Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy (February 14, 2006).^[32]

References

1. "About". ICCT. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
2. "James J.F. Forest, Ph.D." (PDF).
3. "About the Center for Terrorism & Security Studies". UMass Lowell. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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5. "About". James J.F. Forest.
6. "Al Libi capture, CNN (October 8, 2013)". CNN. 7 October 2013.
7. "Why didn't Feds follow up more on Tsarnaev? CBS (April 29, 2013)". CBS. 29 April 2013.
8. "Ignoring Domestic, Homegrown Terrorism is Choice that Benefits Few, The Globe Post (Nov. 11, 2018)". GlobePost. 10 November 2018.
9. "Did the Boston Bombers Have Help? CNBC (April 22, 2013)". CNBC. 22 April 2013.
10. "Boston Marathon attack: Circle of possible bombers narrows, experts say. Christian Science Monitor (April 16, 2013)". Christian Science Monitor. CSM. 16 April 2013.
11. "Digital Influence Warfare in the Age of Social Media".
12. "The Terrorism Lectures by James J. F. Forest - Nortia Press". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
13. "Praeger - Home". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
14. "Intersections of Crime and Terror".
15. "USSOCOM Library: Joint Special Operations University Press Publications: 2012".
16. "Discipline".
17. "Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives".
18. "Rowman & Littlefield | Rowman & Littlefield".
19. "The Conversation, October 11, 2023".
20. "Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations".
21. "JAMS Vol 12. No1".
22. "Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness".
23. Shortland, Neil; Forest, James J. F. (2020). "Tracking Terrorism: The Role of Technology in Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders". Science Informed Policing. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. pp. 57–76. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41287-6_4. ISBN 978-3-030-41286-9. S2CID 226754019.
24. Forest, James J. F. (2019). "Crime-Terror Interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 45 (5–6): 1–21. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2019.1678881. S2CID 208833070.
25. Asal, Victor; Forest, James J.F.; Nussbaum, Brian (2015). "Why do ethnopolitical organisations turn to crime?". Global Crime. 16 (4): 306–327. doi:10.1080/17440572.2015.1081818. S2CID 143268100.
26. Idler, Annette; Forest, James J. F. (2015). "Behavioral Patterns among (Violent) Non-State Actors: A Study of Complementary Governance". Stability: International Journal of Security & Development. 4. doi:10.5334/sta.er.
27. "U.S. Military Deployments to Africa: Lessons from the Hunt for Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army". Defense Technical Information Center.
28. "Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia: Lessons for U.S. Special Operations Forces". JSOU Press.
29. Forest, James (January 2012). "Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism". Journal of Strategic Security. 5 (4): 51–68. doi:10.5038/1944-0472.5.4.4. S2CID 37645122.
30. "Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare | Forest | Perspectives on Terrorism". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
31. "Special Issue: A Decade of War on Terror" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
32. "Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa'ida's Organizational Vulnerabilities". 14 February 2006.

External links

• Official website