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. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment ( Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt &ndash FFI) conducts research and development on behalf of the Norwegian Armed Forces 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. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The 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. Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Sitt Maryam Nasar, also transliterated as Mustafa Sethmariam Nasar ( Arabic:مصطفى بن عبد القادر ست مريم نصار (born Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. The Economist is an English-language weekly news and International affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a Fortnightly British literary and political magazine The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semimonthly Magazine on Literature, Culture, and current
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
- FFI explains al-Qaida document, regarding a pre-warning found on the Internet about the Madrid 2004 bombing
- Dr Brynjar Lia's "The al-Qaida Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri: A Profile", from Counterterrorism blog
- Newsweek article about Abu Musab al-Suri with comments from Lia
- Book review of Architect of Global Jihad (The Economist, 2007)
- Book review of Architect of Global Jihad (London Review of Books, 2008)
- The growth of 'online Jihadism' (BBC World, 26 October 2006)
- Jihadi Suicide Bombers: The New Wave (The New York Review of Books, June 2008)
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