Stern Quoted in Washington Post Article on Extremists in the U.S.
Jessica Stern, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was quoted in a Washington Post article discussing the nationwide protests and how radical groups are sowing confusion about the nature of the protests and seeking attention for their causes.
Published on June 3, 2020, the article makes specific mention of far-right extremist groups that have expanded from fringe online forums to more mainstream platforms and are now taking to the streets alongside civil rights protesters. In the article, Stern says that radical groups from around the globe and across the political spectrum will use the current unrest in the U.S. to their advantage.
An excerpt:
Extremists across the ideological spectrum exploit poor governance and state fragility. We know this from the history of terrorism around the world…We can expect, based on recent U.S. history, that hard-left groups, hard-right groups and international actors will try to exploit this tragically chaotic moment.
The full article can be read here.
Prof. Jessica Stern is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. She is the coauthor with J.M. Berger of ISIS: The State of Terror; and the author of Denial: A Memoir of Terror; Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill; and The Ultimate Terrorists. Learn more about her here.