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Prof. Jessica Stern Ph.D.


Self Description

June 2005: "Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy, is a faculty affiliate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. From 1994-1995, she served as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council, where she was responsible for national security policy toward Russia and the former Soviet states and for policies to reduce the threat of nuclear smuggling and terrorism. Stern earlier worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In 1998-1999, she was the superterrorism Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and, in 1995-1996, she was a national Fellow at Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She is the author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill Terror in the Name of God (HarperCollins, 2003), The Ultimate Terrorists (Harvard University Press, 1999), and of numerous articles on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. She received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in chemistry, a master's of science degree from MIT, and a doctorate in public policy from Harvard."

http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/Jessica_Stern

Third-Party Descriptions

February 2005: "But terrorism expert Jessica Stern said New York and other states adopted terrorism laws that contained vague and open-ended language that allows the term to easily slip from its original meaning."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52504-2005Jan31.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Student/Trainee (past or present) Barnard College Organization Jun 15, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Organization Jun 15, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Harvard University Organization Jun 16, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Hoover Institution Organization Jun 15, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Organization Jun 15, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Organization Jun 15, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) National Security Council (NSC) Organization Jun 15, 2005

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Feb 01, 2005 N.Y. Using Terrorism Law To Prosecute Street Gang: Critics Say Post-9/11 Legislation Is Being Applied Too Broadly

QUOTE: Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the gang "terrorized" the community...civil libertarians and some terrorism experts say the case -- now underway in New York State Supreme Court -- is a misuse of state laws and should raise concern about what they consider is an ever-expanding definition of the term "terrorism."

 Washington Post