Jarret Brachman


Jarret Brachman is an American terrorism expert, the author of Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice and a consultant to several government agencies about terrorism.

Education and career

Brachmanis graduated from Augustana College and University of Delaware.
He is a former graduate fellow at the Central Intelligence Agency, and the former director of research at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center.
He coined the phrase "jihobbyist" in his 2008 book .
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.
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.
In 2013, Brachman joined Wells Fargo's Emergency Incident Management Team.

Works

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