Stern Interviewed on Manchester Terror Attack
Jessica Stern, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed by several news outlets on the recent terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England and why terrorist organizations focus on vulnerable, soft targets.
Stern was interviewed for a May 24, 2017 segment on WBUR entitled “Counterterrorism Expert On What To Expect After Manchester.” You can listen to the entire segment below:
Stern was also interviewed for a May 24, 2017 segment on WNYC entitled “How Terror Groups Prey on the Vulnerable for Maximum Impact.” You can listen to the entire segment below:
Stern’s main focus is on perpetrators of violence and the possible connections between trauma and terror. She has written on terrorist groups across religions and ideologies, among them neo-Nazis, Islamists, anarchists, and white supremacists. She has also written about counter-radicalization programs for both neo-Nazi and Islamist terrorists. Learn more about her here.