All Things Counter Terrorism

This I found out through twitter, which gave me a bit of a giggle. Aah technology. I do love twitter. Especially now that I can indulge and go over the character limit. But I digress.

It’s  a piece for Foreign Affairs, looking at al Qaeda’s franchises and their relation to the central organisation. It’s called “How al Qaeda works” and you can find it here.

Thanks to all for the messages of congratulations.  It’s an area many of you already know I’m pretty much obsessed with and have felt for a long time deserves more attention and focus.  So I’m very grateful to Foreign Affairs for the invite to publish on this issue and also to those who supported me in doing so (you know who you are).  It is very much appreciated.

Now that the pesky thesis is nearly done ruining my attempts to plan my future time, I’m hoping to look to do more in this area, just as soon as I figure out what the hell I am doing next career wise. It will be nice to free, but it’s also slightly daunting to have a clear horizon, except for the book project, which fingers crossed I can move forward with very soon and I hope will be a walk in the park after thesis.

As an answer to those who have asked about accessing a copy, I have put in a request to post it on my website here, but I’ve only just put it in. Apologies but I got distracted by  more pressing priorities like trying to get everything done and finished  so I can go home and see my WW2 vet grandfather for his 92 birthday. He’s survived two strokes in the last year, and  in true Aussie battler style still refuses to get air-conditioning because it is “soft”, which I just love.  So my main focus has  been firmly centred on getting everything I need done so I can get home for his birthday.

Anyway, I’ll get the piece up as soon as I can, and I hope it generates some critical discussion. I would welcome that wholeheartedly and the opportunity to learn from the input and feedback from other scholars and practitioners in this area.