Brynjar Lia

Brynjar Lia

Brynjar Lia (born July 14, 1966) is a Norwegian historian and research professor at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) where he is head of FFI's research on international terrorism and global jihadism. Lia is viewed as one of Norway's foremost experts on terrorism and is much cited in Norwegian and international media in connection to Al-Qaeda and international terrorism. Lia's last book is about Abu Musab al-Suri, which has been reviewed in publications like Newsweek, The Economist, London Review of Books, and The New York Review of Books.

Bibliography of books in English

* Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab Al-Suri (Columbia Univ. Press, 2008)
* Building Arafat's Police: The Politics of International Police Assistance in the Palestinian Territories After the Oslo Agreement (Ithaca Press, 2007)
* A Police Force Without a State: A History of the Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank And Gaza (Ithaca Press, 2006)
* Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions (Routledge, 2005)
* The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt 1928-42 (Ithaca Press, 1998)

External links

* [http://www.mil.no/felles/ffi/start/article.jhtml?articleID=71589 FFI explains al-Qaida document, regarding a pre-warning found on the Internet about the Madrid 2004 bombing]
* [http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/04/post_1.php Dr Brynjar Lia's "The al-Qaida Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri: A Profile", from Counterterrorism blog]
* [http://www.newsweek.com/id/33301 Newsweek article about Abu Musab al-Suri with comments from Lia]
* [http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10059748 Book review of Architect of Global Jihad] (The Economist, 2007)
* [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n06/shtz01_.html Book review of Architect of Global Jihad] (London Review of Books, 2008)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6086042.stm The growth of 'online Jihadism'] (BBC World, 26 October 2006)
* [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21473 Jihadi Suicide Bombers: The New Wave] (The New York Review of Books, June 2008)


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