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'''James Brandon''' is a former senior research fellow at the [[Quilliam Foundation]] think tank and senior research rellow at the [[Centre for Social Cohesion]] a think tank set up by [[Civitas]] "following widespread and longstanding concern about the diminishing sense of community in Britain"<ref>[http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pubs/action.php About Us] (Accessed: 6 September 2007)</ref>. He is also a contributor to the attack blog [[Harry's Place]]. | '''James Brandon''' is a former senior research fellow at the [[Quilliam Foundation]] think tank and senior research rellow at the [[Centre for Social Cohesion]] a think tank set up by [[Civitas]] "following widespread and longstanding concern about the diminishing sense of community in Britain"<ref>[http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pubs/action.php About Us] (Accessed: 6 September 2007)</ref>. He is also a contributor to the attack blog [[Harry's Place]]. | ||
| − | He is currently managing news editor at [[Travel Security Services]], a joint venture between [[Control Risks]] and [[International SOS]] | + | He is currently managing news editor at [[Travel Security Services]], a joint venture between [[Control Risks]] and [[International SOS]], and <ref> [https://sg.linkedin.com/pub/james-brandon/10/71b/541 James Brandon], LinkedIn profile, accessed 4 May 2015 </ref> an associate fellow at the [[International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence]] (ICSR) in London. <ref> [http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2015/01/james-brandon-our-false-narrative-on-islamist-terror-helps-nobody.html James Brandon: Our false narrative on Islamist terror helps nobody], conservativehome.com, 24 January 2015, accessed 4 May 2015 </ref> |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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Brandon gave an account of his time at the Centre for Social Cohesion in January 2009: | Brandon gave an account of his time at the Centre for Social Cohesion in January 2009: | ||
::until recently I worked with [[Douglas Murray|Murray]] at his Centre for Social Cohesion, which I joined because, in mid-2007, few other thinktanks were willing to seriously address the problem of Islamism at all. My time there was a constant struggle to "de-radicalise" Murray and to ensure that the centre's output targeted only Islamists – and not Muslims as a whole. This October, however, I had finally had enough of this constant battle and resigned. To his credit, Murray has privately retracted many of his more noxious comments – but he apparently lacks the courage to do so publicly.<ref>James Brandon, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/islam-uksecurity Reining in the Preachers of Hate], guardian.co.uk, 13 January 2009.</ref> | ::until recently I worked with [[Douglas Murray|Murray]] at his Centre for Social Cohesion, which I joined because, in mid-2007, few other thinktanks were willing to seriously address the problem of Islamism at all. My time there was a constant struggle to "de-radicalise" Murray and to ensure that the centre's output targeted only Islamists – and not Muslims as a whole. This October, however, I had finally had enough of this constant battle and resigned. To his credit, Murray has privately retracted many of his more noxious comments – but he apparently lacks the courage to do so publicly.<ref>James Brandon, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/islam-uksecurity Reining in the Preachers of Hate], guardian.co.uk, 13 January 2009.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Articles== | ||
| + | *[http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2015/01/james-brandon-our-false-narrative-on-islamist-terror-helps-nobody.html James Brandon: Our false narrative on Islamist terror helps nobody], conservativehome.com, 24 January 2015, accessed 4 May 2015 </ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Quilliam Foundation]] - Senior Research Fellow | *[[Quilliam Foundation]] - Senior Research Fellow | ||
Revision as of 03:55, 4 May 2015
James Brandon is a former senior research fellow at the Quilliam Foundation think tank and senior research rellow at the Centre for Social Cohesion a think tank set up by Civitas "following widespread and longstanding concern about the diminishing sense of community in Britain"[1]. He is also a contributor to the attack blog Harry's Place.
He is currently managing news editor at Travel Security Services, a joint venture between Control Risks and International SOS, and [2] an associate fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) in London. [3]
Career
- James Brandon is a journalist who has reported on Islamic issues from Europe, Africa and the Middle East for a wide range of print and broadcast media. In 2003-4 he helped found the Baghdad Bulletin, the first English-language newspaper to be set up in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
- Since then he has reported on the growth of Islamist groups in more than a dozen countries, writing analysis for Janes' and the Jamestown Foundation among others. In 2006 he became the first western journalist to interview the leaders of Pjak (the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan), the largest Kurdish rebel group in Iran.
- Brandon has also appeared as a commentator on Islamic issues on CNN, BBC and Sky News. Most recently he worked as an editor for al-Jazeera television in Qatar. He has an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.[4].
Centre for Social Cohesion
Brandon gave an account of his time at the Centre for Social Cohesion in January 2009:
- until recently I worked with Murray at his Centre for Social Cohesion, which I joined because, in mid-2007, few other thinktanks were willing to seriously address the problem of Islamism at all. My time there was a constant struggle to "de-radicalise" Murray and to ensure that the centre's output targeted only Islamists – and not Muslims as a whole. This October, however, I had finally had enough of this constant battle and resigned. To his credit, Murray has privately retracted many of his more noxious comments – but he apparently lacks the courage to do so publicly.[5]
Articles
- James Brandon: Our false narrative on Islamist terror helps nobody, conservativehome.com, 24 January 2015, accessed 4 May 2015 </ref>
Affiliations
- Quilliam Foundation - Senior Research Fellow
- Centre for Social Cohesion - (formerly) Senior Research Fellow
- Harry's Place - contributor
References
- ↑ About Us (Accessed: 6 September 2007)
- ↑ James Brandon, LinkedIn profile, accessed 4 May 2015
- ↑ James Brandon: Our false narrative on Islamist terror helps nobody, conservativehome.com, 24 January 2015, accessed 4 May 2015
- ↑ Centre for Social Cohesion, Who we Are (Accessed: 4 January 2008)
- ↑ James Brandon, Reining in the Preachers of Hate, guardian.co.uk, 13 January 2009.
