On Monday 16 February 2009, Dr Peter Neumann spoke on the Adelphi Paper “Joining al-Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe”.
Watch: The speech and the Q&A Session are available to watch.
In Britain alone, several thousand young Muslims are thought to be part of violent extremist networks. How did they become involved? What are the mechanisms and dynamics through which European Muslims join al-Qaeda and groups inspired by al-Qaeda?
Dr Neumann, author of the recent Adelphi Paper Joining al-Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe, is Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) at King's College London.
Prior to this appointment, he was Director of the Centre for Defence Studies (2005-2007), Content Director of the Club de Madrid's International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security (2004-2005), and served as senior advisor to the National Policy Forum on Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose in the United States in September 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.
This meeting was chaired by Nigel Inkster, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, and will take place in the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
