RAND Expert Biography
Brian Michael Jenkins
Senior Adviser
Expertise
Terrorism, counterinsurgency, and homeland security
Previous Positions
Captain, U.S. Army Special Forces with service in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam; Deputy Chairman, Kroll Associates; member, White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; adviser, National Commission on Terrorism; special advisor to the International Chamber of Commerce; board member, ICC Commercial Crime Services; member, U.S. Comptroller General's advisory board
Publications of Interest
Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves, RAND Corporation, 2006
Aviation Terrorism and Security, Paul Wilkinson and Brian Michael Jenkins, eds., Cass Series on Political Violence, Frank Cass Publisher, revised edition, 2005
Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror, David Aaron, ed., RAND Corporation, 2005
Countering al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy, RAND Corporation, 2002
Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on al Qaeda, Paul K. Davis and Brian Michael Jenkins, RAND Corporation, 2002
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: ABC; Associated Press; CBS; Chicago Tribune; Christian Science Monitor; CNN; Houston Chronicle; Los Angeles Times; MSNBC; NBC; New York Magazine; New York Times; The New Yorker; Newsweek; NPR; San Francisco Chronicle; Time Magazine; U.S. News & World Report; USA Today
Commentary: Los Angeles Times; Newsday; San Diego Union-Tribune; San Francisco Chronicle; United Press International
Video Interviews: Brian Michael Jenkins discusses "Unconquerable Nation"
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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