Brian M. Jenkins

Brian M. Jenkins
  • Senior Adviser to the President
    RAND Corporation

1966-68, US Army Special Forces, Vietnam. 1968-69, Member, Long-Range Planning Task Group, Vietnam. 1972-89, joined Rand Corporation as member of research staff, directed research on political violence and international crime and 1986-89, Chairman, Political Science Department. 1989-98, Deputy Chairman, Kroll Associates; 1996-97, Member, White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. Consultant to numerous government agencies and major corporations. A leading authority on international terrorism. Author of numerous articles reports, papers and chapters in books on political violence. Author, International Terrorism: A New Mode of Conflict. Editor and Co-Author, Terrorism and Personal Protection. Co-Author, The Fall of South Vietnam.