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IAN CUTHBERTSON
Expertise Counter-terrorism; US-European relations; European political and security issues; Military security; Russian political and military affairs.
Ian Cuthbertson is the Director of World Policy Institute's Counterterrorism Program and a co-founder of the Citizenship & Security Program. He is a former member of the Diplomatic Service of the United Kingdom, was vice president of Programs at the EastWest Institute in New York, and is a past editorial director and executive vice president of the media publishing company TV Books.
Mr. Cuthbertson serves as a consultant on security and counter-terrorism issues to a number of governments, international organizations and multinational companies. His work focuses on current and future options for American and Western foreign and defense policy, particularly in the area of counter-terrorism. He maintains a full schedule of speaking engagements, in particular at seminars and conferences at universities and is an active participant in a number of policy forums. He continues to appear regularly in both the electronic and print media, concentrating, in particular, on the continuing threats posed by both international and domestic terrorism, with a special emphasis on examining the spread of radical Islamist terrorist networks within a variety of countries, especially in North America and Western Europe. His work has long focused on the radicalization process by Islamist extremists in Western penal systems.
He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on counter-terrorism, European military affairs, transatlantic security issues, and the balance between protecting civil liberties and conducting essential intelligence-gathering in the war on terrorism. He has also written a number of pieces that have drawn on his strong interest in military history.
Education
B.A. with Honours in Modern History, University of Stirling, U.K.
Languages
Contact cuthbertson(at)worldpolicy.org
BOOKS
(with Heinz Gartner) Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783 Introduction Barnes & Noble, 2004
The Far & Distant Lands: Russia, the West & the Future of the New Nations of Eurasia Editor (with Jane Leibowitz Brody) Claymore Books, 2002
Minorities: The New Europe’s Old Issues Edited (with Jane Liebowitz) Institute for EastWest Studies, 1994
Redefining the CSCE: Challenges & Opportunities in the New Europe Editor Institute for EastWest Studies Westview Press, 1992
The Guns Fall Silent: The End of the Cold War and the Future of Conventional Disarmament Edited (with Peter Volten) Occasional Paper Series #17 East-West Security Studies, 1990
The Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile Issue and European Security Occasional Papers Series #7 Institute for East-West Security Studies, 1988
SELECTED ARTICLES
Contributed (along with Senior Fellow Belinda Cooper) to in “The Fog of War Crimes,” an article penned by former WPI Project Leader Frida Berrigan for ZNet, January 8, 2008.
"A Rose by Any Other Name," World Policy Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2007.
"What we can Learn from the British (Part 1)" on FamilySecurityMatters.org, August 30, 2006.
Meeting the Challenges: Effectively Combating Terrorism in Liberal Democracies, Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP), October 2006.
"Prisons and the Education of Terrorists," in World Policy Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2004.
"The Terrorist Threat in Asia‚" in Homeland Security Asia, Vol. 1, No.1, (2004)
"Whittling Liberties: Britain's Not-So-Temporary Antiterrorism Laws" in The World Policy Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2001/02.
Britain's Experience in Counter-Terrorism: Lessons from a Long War, 2002.
"Chasing the Chimera: Securing the Peace," World Policy Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1999.
MEDIA
Contributed insight “The Fog of War Crimes,” an article penned by former WPI Project Leader Frida Berrigan for In These Times, January 7, 2008. ZNet (January 8, 2008).
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