Amira Jadoon

Amira Jadoon is an assistant professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and an associate at the Combating Terrorism Center. In fall of 2022, Jadoon will be joining Clemson University’s Political Science Department. Jadoon specializes in international security, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, and terrorism with a regional focus on militancy in South and Central Asia, especially in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has published in numerous journals including International Studies Quarterly, Conflict Management & Peace Science, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Interactions, and Terrorism and Political Violence amongst others and has two co-authored forthcoming books on the Islamic State’s Global Provinces (Columbia University Press) and the Islamic State Khorasan (Lynne Rienner). Jadoon is currently on the editorial boards of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), and the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies at the University at Akron. Jadoon holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University at Albany, and a Masters from the London School of Economics. Prior to beginning her career in academia and research, Jadoon worked as a consultant for Deloitte London (U.K.) between 2006-2011.