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'''Peter R Neumann''' is a German born academic who frequently appears on radio and television as an expert on terrorism and political violence. He is Director of the [[International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence]] at [[King’s College London]] where he is a senior lecturer in War Studies.
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[[Peter Neumann|Peter R. Neumann]] (born 1974) is a German-born radio journalist turned academic who frequently appears on radio and television as an expert on terrorism and political violence. He is Director of the [[International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence]] at [[King’s College London]] where he is a senior lecturer in War Studies.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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Before becoming an academic Neumann worked in Germany as a radio journalist. According to his biography he 'went to university in Berlin, Belfast and London. He received an MA in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.' <ref>[[Media:Peter Neumann bio1.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/people/academic/lecturers/neumann/bio.html>, created 20 August 2009</ref>
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Before becoming an academic Neumann worked in Germany as a radio journalist. According to his biography he 'went to university in Berlin, Belfast and London. He received an MA in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in War Studies from [[King's College London]].' <ref>[[Media:Peter Neumann bio1.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/people/academic/lecturers/neumann/bio.html> [Created 20 August 2009]</ref>
  
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In November 2003 Palgrave Macmillan published Neumann's book ''Britain's Long War: British Strategy in the Northern Ireland Conflict 1969-98''. As the title suggest, the book explored the strategy of the British Government in Northern Ireland from its intervention in 1969 to the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Publishing information on the book described Neumann as being a Research Fellow in International Conflict at Kingston University (although this may be an error). In 2003 he was granted an 'Early Career Fellowship' by the Leverhulme Trust for 'Going political: terrorism and electoral politics'. He was listed as 'Peter Neumann MSc PhD, Department of War Studies, King’s College London. <ref>Leverhulme Trust, [http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/raac_awards_new/raac_2003.pdf Awards to Individuals 2003], accessed 20 August 2009</ref>
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[[Image:Britain's Long War.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Neumann's 2003 book on the Northern Ireland Conflict, ''Britain's Long War'']]
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His German language book on the IRA, ''IRA: Langer Weg zum Frieden'' (''The Long Way to Peace'') was published in 1999 and republished in 2002. In November 2003 Palgrave Macmillan published Neumann's second book ''Britain's Long War: British Strategy in the Northern Ireland Conflict 1969-98''. As the title suggests, the book explored the strategy of the British Government in Northern Ireland from its intervention in 1969 to the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Publishing information on the book described Neumann as being a Research Fellow in International Conflict at Kingston University (although this may be an error). In 2003 he was granted an 'Early Career Fellowship' by the Leverhulme Trust for research entitled 'Going political: terrorism and electoral politics'. He was listed as 'Peter Neumann MSc PhD, Department of War Studies, King’s College London. <ref>Leverhulme Trust, [http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/raac_awards_new/raac_2003.pdf Awards to Individuals 2003], accessed 20 August 2009</ref>
  
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In February 2004 ''History Today'' published an article by Neumann offering 'some useful lessons' from Northern Ireland which would ensure success for British forces in Iraq. His three lessons were Lesson 1: Don’t Fear Commitment, Lesson 2: Don’t Ignore the Threat and Lesson 3: Don’t Forget about Politics. He argued that, 'Political leaders have to accept that there is stiff resistance to the occupation, and that a concerted campaign of counter-insurgency is necessary in order to re-establish law and order, even if this makes a swift end to the occupation impossible.' <Ref>Peter R Neumann, '[http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=19780&amid=19780 Iraq: Lessons from Northern Ireland]', ''History Today'', February 2004; p. 26</ref> Similarly in August 2005 he wrote an opinion piece for the ''International Herald Tribune'' offering three lessons in dealing with 'Al Qaeda and their associates' - namely 'be patient', 'be strong' and engage. <ref>Peter R. Neumann, 'Wider lessons from the IRA. Helping terrorists evolve', ''International Herald Tribune'', 3 August 2005; p.6</ref>  
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In February 2004 ''History Today'' published an article by Neumann offering 'some useful lessons' from Northern Ireland which would ensure success for British forces in Iraq. His three lessons were: Lesson 1 - Don’t Fear Commitment, Lesson 2 - Don’t Ignore the Threat and Lesson 3 - Don’t Forget about Politics. In the article he argued that, 'Political leaders have to accept that there is stiff resistance to the occupation, and that a concerted campaign of counter-insurgency is necessary in order to re-establish law and order, even if this makes a swift end to the occupation impossible.' <Ref>Peter R Neumann, '[http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=19780&amid=19780 Iraq: Lessons from Northern Ireland]', ''History Today'', February 2004; p. 26</ref> Similarly in August 2005 he wrote an opinion piece for the ''International Herald Tribune'' offering three lessons in dealing with 'Al Qaeda and their associates' - namely 'be patient', 'be strong' and engage. <ref>Peter R. Neumann, 'Wider lessons from the IRA. Helping terrorists evolve', ''International Herald Tribune'', 3 August 2005; p.6</ref>
  
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According to his own CV, it was in 2004 that Neumann was appointed Academic Director of the [[International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security]] a terrorism conference organised by the [[Club de Madrid]] (an organisation consisting of former government officials, academics, think-tankers and journalists). The conference was held in Madrid in March 2005 and was according to Neumann, the largest ever gathering of terrorism and security experts.
  
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After the conference, the [[Club de Madrid]] set up a website in association with [[Open Democracy]] 'dedicated to continuing the Madrid dialogue'. <ref>[[Media:About tod.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod> [Created 20 August 2009]</ref> The website [[terrorism.openDemocracy]] was originally based at www.Madrid11.net. Its advisory board included [[Open Democracy|Open Democracy's]] Chair and Vice-Chair, [[Kim Campbell]] Secretary General of the [[Club de Madrid]] and several other figures from think-tanks, the media and academia. Neumann was appointed a member of the advisory board as well as the website's editor. <ref>Open Democracy, '[http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Peter_R_Neumann.jsp Peter R Neumann], [Accessed 3 September 2009]; [[Media:About tod.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod> [Created 20 August 2009]</ref>
  
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In March 2005 Neumann also acted as senior advisor to the National Policy Forum on Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose, which took place in Washington D.C in September 2005.
  
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Peter Neumann was director at the [[Centre for Defence Studies]] at [[King’s College London]] from 2005-7 and was then appointed as Director of the [[International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence]] (ICSR). He is Editor of [[terrorism.openDemocracy.net]].<ref>http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Peter_R_Neumann.jsp</ref>
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Neumann was director at the [[Centre for Defence Studies]] at [[King’s College London]] from 2005-7 and was then appointed as Director of the [[International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence]] ([[ICSR]]); a terrorism research institute based at [[King's College London]]. [[ICSR]] is a collaboration between King's College, the University of Pennsylvania in the United, the [[Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya]] in Israel and the [[Regional Center on Conflict Prevention]] in Jordan.  
  
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:Prior to this appointment, he was Academic Director of the [[Club de Madrid]]'s International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security (the largest ever gathering of terrorism and security experts) in Madrid in March 2005, and served as senior advisor to the [[National Policy Forum on Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose]] in the United States in 2005. He also held an Early Career Fellowship of the Leverhulme Trust. He is a member of the Club de Madrid's expert advisory council, as well as of the editorial boards of [[Studies in Conflict and Terrorism]] and [[Democracy and Security]]. Dr Neumann studied in Berlin, Belfast and London. He received an MA in political science from the Free University of Berlin, and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London. Before becoming an academic, he worked as a radio journalist in Germany.
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==Case studies==
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===Boris Johnson on his bike===
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:'''Current Research'''
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[[Image:Boris johnson.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Boris Johnson - "very vulnerable"]]
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:Dr Neumann currently works on a book which looks at how globalisation has transformed terrorism. He is also leading a number of research projects that examine the radicalisation of young Muslims in Europe. Other research interests include terrorist strategy, negotiations, as well as foreign policy in the 'war on terror'.
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In June 2008 Neumann told the ''Islington Gazette'' that newly appointed London Mayor Boris Johnson should stop cycling to work because he was a potential terrorist target. Neumann was quoted as saying: "The risk he faces increased a lot when he became Mayor. What is particularly problematic is cycling. He is not in a car, so he has no protection. If someone wanted to do him harm it would be quite easy. Immediately on taking office he would have been advised on security...There is very little one can do to protect him on a bike. It makes him very vulnerable. I would strongly advise him not to ride into work." Johnson's office said he had been advised by the Police Commissioner that there was no security threat.<ref>[http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsislg&itemid=WeED11 Jun 2008 15:59:52:713 'Cycling Mayor Boris 'at risk of terror attack''], ''Islington Gazette'', 12 June 2008</ref>
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:Dr Neumann is the co-author of The Strategy of Terrorism, which will be published by Routledge in late 2007 (with MLR Smith). Previous publications include Britain's Long War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), a comprehensive assessment of British strategy in the Northern Ireland conflict, as well as numerous articles on terrorism and counter-terrorism in journals like Survival, Foreign Affairs, Orbis, and Terrorism and Political Violence. Shorter analyses have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Prospect Magazine and other publications.
 
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:Dr Neumann is the editor of the [[Club de Madrid]] series on Democracy and Terrorism, which is published by Routledge. His German language publications include a history of the IRA (IRA: Langer Weg zum Frieden, EVA, 1999) and a biography of Al Gore (Al Gore: Eine Biographie, DVA, 2000).<ref>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/staff/pn.html</ref>
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*[[International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence]] ([[ICSR]])
 
*[[Club de Madrid]]
 
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*[[OpenDemocracy.net]], author
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*[[OpenDemocracy.net]], editor, contributor, board member
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*[[Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation]], a project of the Fourth Freedom Forum, Advisor<ref>http://www.globalct.org/html/advisors.html</ref>
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*[[Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation]], a project of the [[Fourth Freedom Forum]], Advisor<ref>http://www.globalct.org/html/advisors.html</ref>
 
*[[International Institute for Counter-Terrorism]], workshop participant 2007.<ref>http://www.ict.org.il/apage/5201.php</ref>
 
*[[International Institute for Counter-Terrorism]], workshop participant 2007.<ref>http://www.ict.org.il/apage/5201.php</ref>
  
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===Publications===
 
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Peter R. Neumann '[http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-summaries/2006---volume-48/year-2006---issue-2 Europe’s Jihadist Dilemma]' Survival Vol 48, No 2 - Summer 2006 the quarterly journal of the [[IISS]]
 
Peter R. Neumann '[http://www.iiss.org/publications/survival/survival-summaries/2006---volume-48/year-2006---issue-2 Europe’s Jihadist Dilemma]' Survival Vol 48, No 2 - Summer 2006 the quarterly journal of the [[IISS]]
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In June 2008 Neumann told the ''Islington Gazette'' that newly appointed London Mayor Boris Johnson should stop cycling to work because he was a potential terrorist target. Neumann was quoted as saying: "The risk he faces increased a lot when he became Mayor. What is particularly problematic is cycling. He is not in a car, so he has no protection. If someone wanted to do him harm it would be quite easy. Immediately on taking office he would have been advised on security...There is very little one can do to protect him on a bike. It makes him very vulnerable. I would strongly advise him not to ride into work." Johnson's office said he had been advised by the Police Commissioner that there was no security threat.<ref>[http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsislg&itemid=WeED11 Jun 2008 15:59:52:713 'Cycling Mayor Boris 'at risk of terror attack''], ''Islington Gazette'', 12 June 2008</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 08:40, 19 October 2009

Peter Neumann

Peter R. Neumann (born 1974) is a German-born radio journalist turned academic who frequently appears on radio and television as an expert on terrorism and political violence. He is Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King’s College London where he is a senior lecturer in War Studies.

Career

Before becoming an academic Neumann worked in Germany as a radio journalist. According to his biography he 'went to university in Berlin, Belfast and London. He received an MA in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.' [1]

Neumann's 2003 book on the Northern Ireland Conflict, Britain's Long War

His German language book on the IRA, IRA: Langer Weg zum Frieden (The Long Way to Peace) was published in 1999 and republished in 2002. In November 2003 Palgrave Macmillan published Neumann's second book Britain's Long War: British Strategy in the Northern Ireland Conflict 1969-98. As the title suggests, the book explored the strategy of the British Government in Northern Ireland from its intervention in 1969 to the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Publishing information on the book described Neumann as being a Research Fellow in International Conflict at Kingston University (although this may be an error). In 2003 he was granted an 'Early Career Fellowship' by the Leverhulme Trust for research entitled 'Going political: terrorism and electoral politics'. He was listed as 'Peter Neumann MSc PhD, Department of War Studies, King’s College London. [2]

In February 2004 History Today published an article by Neumann offering 'some useful lessons' from Northern Ireland which would ensure success for British forces in Iraq. His three lessons were: Lesson 1 - Don’t Fear Commitment, Lesson 2 - Don’t Ignore the Threat and Lesson 3 - Don’t Forget about Politics. In the article he argued that, 'Political leaders have to accept that there is stiff resistance to the occupation, and that a concerted campaign of counter-insurgency is necessary in order to re-establish law and order, even if this makes a swift end to the occupation impossible.' [3] Similarly in August 2005 he wrote an opinion piece for the International Herald Tribune offering three lessons in dealing with 'Al Qaeda and their associates' - namely 'be patient', 'be strong' and engage. [4]

According to his own CV, it was in 2004 that Neumann was appointed Academic Director of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security a terrorism conference organised by the Club de Madrid (an organisation consisting of former government officials, academics, think-tankers and journalists). The conference was held in Madrid in March 2005 and was according to Neumann, the largest ever gathering of terrorism and security experts.

After the conference, the Club de Madrid set up a website in association with Open Democracy 'dedicated to continuing the Madrid dialogue'. [5] The website terrorism.openDemocracy was originally based at www.Madrid11.net. Its advisory board included Open Democracy's Chair and Vice-Chair, Kim Campbell Secretary General of the Club de Madrid and several other figures from think-tanks, the media and academia. Neumann was appointed a member of the advisory board as well as the website's editor. [6]

In March 2005 Neumann also acted as senior advisor to the National Policy Forum on Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose, which took place in Washington D.C in September 2005.

Neumann was director at the Centre for Defence Studies at King’s College London from 2005-7 and was then appointed as Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR); a terrorism research institute based at King's College London. ICSR is a collaboration between King's College, the University of Pennsylvania in the United, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel and the Regional Center on Conflict Prevention in Jordan.

Case studies

Boris Johnson on his bike

Boris Johnson - "very vulnerable"

In June 2008 Neumann told the Islington Gazette that newly appointed London Mayor Boris Johnson should stop cycling to work because he was a potential terrorist target. Neumann was quoted as saying: "The risk he faces increased a lot when he became Mayor. What is particularly problematic is cycling. He is not in a car, so he has no protection. If someone wanted to do him harm it would be quite easy. Immediately on taking office he would have been advised on security...There is very little one can do to protect him on a bike. It makes him very vulnerable. I would strongly advise him not to ride into work." Johnson's office said he had been advised by the Police Commissioner that there was no security threat.[7]

Affiliations

Publications, Notes

Publications

Peter R. Neumann 'Europe’s Jihadist Dilemma' Survival Vol 48, No 2 - Summer 2006 the quarterly journal of the IISS

Notes

  1. ↑ PDF Copy of <www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/people/academic/lecturers/neumann/bio.html> [Created 20 August 2009]
  2. ↑ Leverhulme Trust, Awards to Individuals 2003, accessed 20 August 2009
  3. ↑ Peter R Neumann, 'Iraq: Lessons from Northern Ireland', History Today, February 2004; p. 26
  4. ↑ Peter R. Neumann, 'Wider lessons from the IRA. Helping terrorists evolve', International Herald Tribune, 3 August 2005; p.6
  5. ↑ PDF Copy of <www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod> [Created 20 August 2009]
  6. ↑ Open Democracy, 'Peter R Neumann, [Accessed 3 September 2009]; PDF Copy of <www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod> [Created 20 August 2009]
  7. ↑ Jun 2008 15:59:52:713 'Cycling Mayor Boris 'at risk of terror attack, Islington Gazette, 12 June 2008
  8. ↑ http://www.globalct.org/html/advisors.html
  9. ↑ http://www.ict.org.il/apage/5201.php
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