Brian Michael Jenkins
RAND
Santa Monica, CA/USA
Brian Jenkins is Senior Advisor to the President of the RAND Corporation and one of the leading authorities on terrorism and international crime. He founded RAND's Terrorism Research Program in 1972 and later became the Director of RAND's Subnational Conflict Research Program. He has also chaired RAND's Political Science Department. In 1989, Mr. Jenkins joined KROLL Associates where, as Deputy Chairman of the corporation, he supervised investigative and security consulting work on terrorism. He has served as an advisor to the federal government and the private sector on the subject.
Mr. Jenkins is a former Army captain who served with the Special Forces in Vietnam and as a Green Beret in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam (1966-1970). In 1996, President Clinton appointed him to be a member of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1999 to 2000, he worked as an advisor to the National Commission on Terrorism and in 2000, he was appointed as a member of the US Comptroller General's Advisory Board. He is currently a special advisor to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and a member of the Board of Directors of the ICC's Commercial Crime Services.
Mr. Jenkins is the author of several books and chapters, including International Terrorism: A New Mode of Conflict, Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on al Qaeda and The Fall of South Vietnam. He has participated in interviews for numerous publications such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor as well as for television and radio companies including CNN, NBC and NPR.
Mr. Jenkins received his B.A. in Fine Arts and his M.A. in History from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Books and Monographs
- Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves, (Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 2006).
- "The New Age of Terrorism," in David Kamien The McGraw Hill Homeland Security Handbook, (Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill, 2005), pp. 117-130.
- Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror, (Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 2005) (coauthor).
- Countering Al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy, (Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 2002).
- Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on Al Qaeda, (Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 2002) (coauthor)
- "The Organization Men: Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack," in James F. Hoge, Jr. and Gideon Rose (ed.), How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War, (New York: Public Affairs, 2001).
- Aviation Terrorism and Security, (London: Frank Cass Publishers, 1999) (Coauthored with Paul Wilkinson).
Selected Publications
- "Outside View: The Threat of Oil Jihad," UPI, 4 March 2006.
- "Lessons for Intelligence in the Campaign against Al Qaeda," Vanguard, 1 March 2006.
- "Just Starting: The War Against Terror: Al-Qaeda is Weaker Since 9/11, but the New Osama bin Laden Tape Shows the Group is Far from Impotent," Newsday, 25 January 2006, p. A33.
- "Iraq Kidnapping Strategically Effective," The Chicago Tribune, 29 April 2005, p. 25. (coauthor)
- "Bin Laden and His Special Effects," The Chicago Tribune, 4 February 2005, p. 23.