Terrorexpertise:Major World Newspapers - Affiliations Analysis
Below is a table detailing the known affiliations of the 100 experts from the Major World Newspapers List. The table is followed by analysis of this data.
Table Showing Past and Present Affiliations of Experts
Analysis
A plurality of the experts (43 out of 100) are currently or have previously been a member of state institutions such as government, security or intelligence services, policing or the military. The dominance of the state is even more pronounced if you consider the 20 most prominent experts (who together returned more items than the remaining 80 experts together), 12 of whom have such an affiliation.
The majority of the experts (52 of the 100) are currently or have previously been members of private think-tanks or research institutes. Of the remaining 48, 28 are currently or have previously worked in private security or intelligence firms, or alternatively state institutions such as government, security or intelligence, policing or military service.
Of the remaining 20 ‘independent’ experts, four are British journalists[1] and 16 are current or former academics with no such affiliation.[2] The 16 academics include the prominent critic of Western foreign policy Noam Chomsky, as well as several high profile supporters of state and corporate power such as Francis Fukuyama, Alan Dershowitz, Walter Laqueur, and Fouad Ajami.
47 of the 100 experts are currently or have previously held tenure at an institution of higher education. Of those 47, 26 are known to be members of Private Think-Tanks or Research Institutes.
15 experts are current or former journalists. Of those 15, two have been employed in private security or intelligence firms, six have worked for a government, intelligence or law enforcement agency, and five are known to be members of Private Think-Tanks or Research Institutes. The four journalists with no such affiliations are Jason Burke, Simon Reeve, Kevin Toolis and Neil Doyle. The latter although not known to be directly affiliated with any institution is closely association with corporate security.
- ↑ namely Simon Reeve, Jason Burke, Kevin Toolis and Neil Doyle
- ↑ The 16 ‘independent’ academics are listed below:
- Noam Chomsky
- Francis Fukuyama
- Alan Dershowitz
- David Capitanchik
- Wesley Wark
- David Charters
- Robert Pape
- Fouad Ajami
- Michael McKinley
- Louise Richardson
- Anthony Glees
- Donald Henderson
- Irwin Redlener
- Walter Laqueur
- Andrew Lynch
- Cass Sunstein
- Scott Atran
