Join us for a discussion of the challenges posed by the intersection of terrorism and technology. Panelists will look at the role that technology has played historically in the evolution of terrorism, the dangers created by both accessibility and lethality, and potential steps forwards in terms of counterterrorism strategy and policy.

Audrey Kurth Cronin is a Professor and the Founding Director at the Center for Security, Innovation and New Technology at American University. She was previously a faculty member and director of the core course on War and Statecraft at the U.S. National War College (2007-2011). Previously she was Academic Director of Studies for the Oxford/Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War at Oxford University (Nuffield College). Cronin served as Specialist in Terrorism at the Congressional Research Service, responsible for advising Members of Congress in the aftermath of 9/11. She served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy. Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow’s Terrorists (Oxford University Press, 2020) won the 2020 Airey Neave Book Prize. Foreign Affairs recently named on its “Best of 2019” list.

Brian Jenkins is the Senior Adviser to the RAND Corporation President. He is the author of numerous books, reports, and articles on terrorism-related topics, including Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? (2008, Prometheus Books). He formerly served as chair of the Political Science Department at RAND. In 1996, President Clinton appointed Jenkins to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1999 to 2000, he served as adviser to the National Commission on Terrorism and in 2000 was appointed to the U.S. Comptroller General's Advisory Board. He is a research associate at the Mineta Transportation Institute, where he directs the continuing research on protecting surface transportation against terrorist attacks.

Clint Watts is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a Non-Resident Fellow at Alliance for Securing Democracy. He is a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC, and the author of Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News (2018). His research and writing focuses on terrorism, counterterrorism, social media influence and Russian disinformation. Clint served as a U.S. Army infantry officer, a FBI Special Agent, as the Executive Officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (CTC), as a consultant to the FBI’s Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) and National Security Branch (NSB), and as an analyst supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community and U.S. Special Operations Command.

Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law. Her most recent book is Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State (Crown, 2016). Greenberg is the host of "Vital Interests Podcast," and the editor-in-chief of three on-line publications: The CNS/Soufan Group Morning Brief (2007-present), the CNS/Aon Cyber Brief (2011-present), and Vital Interests Forum (2019-present).