James J.F. Forest
James J. F. Forest is an author and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is also a senior fellow at the U.S. Joint Special Operations University and a visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is the former director of Terrorism Studies at the United States Military Academy. He has been cited as a terrorism expert by dozens of news outlets including CNN,
CBS, The Globe Post,
CNBC, and the Christian Science Monitor, and is co-editor of the academic research journal Perspectives on Terrorism.Books published
- The Terrorism Lectures Nortia Press
- Essentials of Counterterrorism Praeger
- Intersections of Crime and Terrorism Routledge
- Countering the Terrorism Threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria JSOU Press
- Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism McGraw-Hill
- Influence Warfare: How Terrorists and Governments Fight to Shape Perceptions in a War of Ideas Praeger
- Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives Routledge
- Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives Praeger
- Homeland Security: Public spaces and social institutions Praeger
- Teaching Terror: Strategic and tactical learning in the terrorist world Rowman & Littlefield
Research articles available online
- "A Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism," Journal of Strategic Security
- "Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare," Perspectives on Terrorism
- “Ungoverned Territories: Engaging Local Nongovernmental Entities in U.S. Security Strategy,” Atlantic Perspective
