Educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the University of St Andrews, the author’s background is based on thirty years of British military experience much of it in the Arab world. Research interests include:
Arab foreign fighters and their nexus to involvement in Islamist terrorism;
Defensive jihad
Radicalisation (in its broadest form);
The impact of combat on foreign fighters (indoctrination, the Lucifer Effect, obedience to authority);
De-radicalisation / reintegration / rehabilitation strategies;
Political Islam
'Suicide' terrorism and 'martyrdom' operations
He was awarded his PhD (that studied Arab foreign fighters) in 2017.