Scott Helfstein. Columbia University New York, NY Visiting Scholar, Political Science Department,

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1 Scott Helfstein Director of Research Combating Terrorism Center United States Military Academy West Point, NY (845) Education The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Ph.D. Joint in Political Science and Public Policy, 2008 Major Fields: World Politics and Public Policy Minor Field: Research Methodology Committee: Robert Axelrod (Chair), Scott Atran, Kenneth Lieberthal and James Morrow Dissertation Title: Predispositions and Foreign Policy Failure: Assessing the Impact of Rational and Biased Beliefs on Strategic Decision-Making Columbia University New York, NY Visiting Scholar, Political Science Department, King s College London, UK Masters of Arts in War Studies with Merit, 2004 Elective Classes: Conduct of Contemporary Warfare and Diplomacy Thesis Topic: Crisis Management Models in Low-Intensity Conflicts The George Washington University Washington, DC Bachelor of Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, 1999 Major: Finance The London Schools of Economics London, UK European Integration and Macroeconomics, Summer 1997 Employment United States Military Academy at West Point West Point, NY Director of Research, Combating Terrorism Center, July 2010-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, July 2008-Present Associate, Combating Terrorism Center, July 2008-July 2010 Credit Suisse First Boston New York, NY Investment Banking Analyst and Assistant Operations Officer, Consumer Products Group, January 2001-June 2002 Investment Banking Analyst, Mergers and Acquisitions Execution, Financial Institutions Group, July 1999-January

2 Federal Reserve Board of Governors Washington, DC Financial Analyst Intern, Financial Analysis and Special Studies Section, Banking Supervision and Regulation, May 1998-May 1999 Research Assistant Co-op, Micro Statistics Section, Research and Statistics, September 1997-May 1998 Fellowships, Awards and Associations Publications Council on Foreign Relations, Term Member: National Defense University, Program for Combating WMD: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: 2011 Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics: Institute for National Security Studies, Research Grant: Award of Recognition, Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency: 2010, 2011 Rackham, One-Term Dissertation Fellowship: Spring/Summer 2008 Gerald R. Ford School, Fellowship: Winter 2006, Fall 2007, Winter 2008 Political Science Department, Thesis Grant: Fall 2006 Rackham, Pre-Candidate Discretionary Funding: Winter 2005 Rackham, Travel Grant: Winter 2006 Gerald R. Ford School, Summer Research Fellowship: 2004 Political Science Department, First Year Doctoral Fellowship: Presidential Scholarship: Peer Reviewed Behavioral Decision Making and the Strategic Risks of Successful Surprise, forthcoming in Foreign Policy Analysis Covert or Convenient? Evolution of Terror Attack Networks, forthcoming in Journal of Conflict Resolution; with Dominick Wright; Available at Online First Success, Lethality, and Cell Structure Across the Dimensions of al-qa ida, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 34(2011): ; with Dominick Wright Friends Don t Let Friends Proliferate: Evidence from Sanctions and Lessons for Disarmament, Political Science Quarterly Cooperation, Signals and Sanctions: Gaming the Nuclear Inspection Regime, The Nonproliferation Review 16(2009): Tradeoffs and Paradoxes: Terrorism, Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 32(2009): ; lead author Governance of Terror: New Institutionalism and the Evolution of Terrorist Organizations, Public Administration Review 69(2009): Five papers are currently under review. Titles and drafts are available on request. 2

3 Edited Volumes Radical Islamic Ideology in Southeast Asia, Scott Helfstein, ed. (Combating Terrorism Center: West Point, NY, June 2009) Six chapters, covering geographic and functional issues Includes authored chapter, The Landscape of Jihadism in Southeast Asia Making the Grade: Assessing al-qa ida s Learning and Adaptation, Scott Helfstein, ed. (Combating Terrorism Center: West Point, NY, May 2009) Seven chapters, covering ideological, strategic, and tactical change Includes authored chapter, Assessing al-qa ida s Learning and Adaptation Additional Publications Liabilities of Globalization: Debt Ownership, Moral Hazard and Interstate Conflict with Other People s Money, SSRN Working Paper Open Source Revolution: To Defeat Terrorists Start Using the Library, Bloomberg August 30, 2011; Reproduced by Businessweek.com and Forbes.com Strengthen Banks' Incentives to Choke Off Terrorists' Cash Flow, American Banker May 25, 2011 Springtime for Jihadis: How Will Terrorism Evolve After Bin Laden, Foreign Affairs published online May 5, 2011; with Alexander Gallo Osama bin Laden s Death and the Dimensions of al Qa ida, (The Combating Terrorism Center: West Point, NY, 2011); with Dominick Wright The Third Way: A Paradigm for Influence in the Marketplace of Ideas, CTC Sentinel 3(2010): Deadly Vanguards: A Study of al Qa ida s Violence Against Muslims (The Combating Terrorism Center: West Point, NY, 2009); with Nassir Abdullah and Muhammad al-obadie The Dynamics of Attack Networks, Understanding Jihadism: Origins, Evolution and Future Perspectives, Brynjar Lia and Qandeel Siddique, eds. (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment: Oslo, 2009); with Dominick Wright Al-Qa`ida s Five Aspects of Power, CTC Sentinel 2(2009); with five other authors White Paper on: Terrorism, Deterrence, and Nuclear Weapons, prepared for Secretary of Defense Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management, (Combating Terrorism Center: West Point, NY, September 2008); Managed seven authors Other Research Products Terrorism and Insurgency Data Aggregation Project, project for the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Joint Data Support 3

4 Selected Conference Papers American Political Science Association: Nuclear Inspections and Disarmament: Risking a Fundamental Attribution Error, 2006 Exploring the Stability of Democratic Peace: Unstable Equilibria and the Information Marketplace, with Neill Mohammad and Dominick Wright, 2005 International Studies Association: Support for Deadly Groups and the Sustainability of Terror, 2011 Lurking in the Shadows: Violence, Social Interaction, and Terrorist Group Existence, 2010 Backfire: The Strategic Costs of Successful Surprise, 2010 Has Kant s Dream Become a Nightmare? Globalization, Interdependence, and Exporting the Cost of Conflict, 2009 Concessions or Carnage: Hostage Negotiations After the Mumbai Attacks, 2009 Integrating Internal Constraints and the External Environment in Studies of Intelligence Failure, 2007 A Political Economic Approach to Terrorist Generation: Spending, Allocation and Aid as Tools in Counter-Terrorism, 2006 Midwest Political Science Association: Surprise and Entrenched Beliefs, 2008 Linchpins of Nonproliferation: Power and Reputation in Regimes, 2006 On Clausewitz: Rationalist Explanations for Irrational Behavior in War, 2005 Examining Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Tools, Network Features and Explicit Assumptions, accepted, but not presented 2005 Peace Science Society: In the Throes of Violence: Terrorism and Civil War, 2009 The Strategic Optimality of Entrenched Beliefs in International Politics, 2007 Political Networks: From Adoption to Beliefs: Paradigms of Influence in Networked Environments, 2011 Southern Political Science Association: Information Diffusion in Networked Environments, 2011 Governance Approaches to Terrorist Networks: An Attempt to Formalize Structural Tradeoffs, 2006 Fiscal Control in a United Europe: Revising and Testing the Role of International Agreements and Domestic Institutions on Fiscal Performance,

5 Other Conference Papers: Democracies in Crisis: The Role of Information Markets, Misinformation and International Bargaining, with Neill Mohammad and Dominick Wright, presented at University of Michigan World Politics NIS Seminar, 2006 Towards a Model of Organic Change in Organizations, with Dr. Laura Birou, presented at the Global Business & Economics Conference, 2003 Selected Invited Presentations National Defense University, Center for the Study of WMD Washington, DC Event: WMD Futures: Sub-State/Non-State Actors, August 2011 Presentation: Social, Strategic, and Commercial Pressures on the Future of Sub-State Violence Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Arlington, VA Event: Narrative Networks, June 2011 Presentation: Messaging in Social Networks: Searching for the Elusive Belief Cascade Joint Staff/ Deputy Director Global Operations Bethesda, MD Event: Deterring Violent Extremist Organizations, February 2011 Presentation: Invisible Frontiers of Influence: Trust, Fairness, and Communication Shared Strategies for Homeland Security Denver, CO Event: Urban Area Security Initiative, December 2010 Presentation: Banking and Finance s Response to Terrorism Office of the Secretary of Defense-Rapid Reaction Technology Office Pentagon, VA Event: Strategic Multilayer Assessment Cell Speaker Series, October 2010 Presentation: Learning and Adaptation in al-qa ida and the Militant Movement National Counterterrorism Center Warrenton, VA Event: Future of Al-Qa ida and the Global Jihad: The Diversifying Threat, July 2010 Presentation: Al-Qa ida s Affiliates in Context Military Operations Research Society Quantico, VA Event: Annual Conference, June 2010 Presentation: The Terrorism and Insurgency Data Aggregation Project New America Foundation Washington, DC Event: Manhunt: From Saddam to bin Laden, February 2010 Presentation: Attack Networks: From Tactical Action to Strategic Implications U.S. Strategic Command/Center for Strategic and International Studies Omaha, NE Event: Project on Nuclear Issues, Capstone Conference, December 2009 Presentation: Friends Don t Let Friends Proliferate 5

6 Royal Society/Center for Strategic and International Studies London, UK Event: Project on Nuclear Issues, Capstone Conference, October 2009 Presentation: Friends Don t Let Friends Proliferate National Counterterrorism Center Tyson s Corner, VA Event: Terrorist Incidents Conference, July 2009 Presentation: The Terrorism and Insurgency Data Aggregation Project Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) Oslo, Norway Event: Understating Jihadism: Origins, Evolution and Future Perspectives, March 2009 Presentation: The Dynamics of Attack Networks: A First Look U.S. Special Operations Command/Military Operations Research Society Tampa, FL Event: Irregular Warfare II, February 2009 Panel Moderator and Discussant: Methods, Models, Tools Part I and Part II Presentation: Al-Qaeda s Strategic Communication The Department of Justice Sayersville, NJ Event: First Responders Terrorism Training, February 2009 Presentation: Terrorist Movements, Networks and Attacks: Lessons Learned Academic Experience United States Military Academy Introduction to International Relations, Fall 2010 Advanced Terrorism, Winter 2010, Winter 2011 Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Winter 2009 Supervisor, Combating Terrorism Center/Defense Threat Reduction Agency Cadet Thesis Program, Summer 2009-Current Mentor, Scholarship Program, Fall 2008-Winter 2009 Global Transnational Terrorism Project Research Assistant for Professor Scott Atran, Winter 2006 The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Class Administrator and Graduate Instructor, China s Evolution Under Communism for Professor Kenneth Lieberthal, Fall 2005 Graduate Instructor, Introduction to World Politics for Professor James Morrow, Fall 2004-Winter 2005 The George Washington University Washington, DC Teaching Assistant and Curriculum Author, Managing Complexity in the 21st Century, Winter

7 Memberships American Academy for the Advancement of Science, 2010-Current Analyst s Roundtable Advisory Board, 2009-Current The Academy of Political Science, 2004-Current Midwest Political Science Association, 2004-Current Southeast Political Science Association, 2004-Current American Political Science Association, 2003-Current International Studies Association, 2003-Current Peace Science Society, 2003-Current The Carnegie Council, The Mid-Atlantic Club, Consulting Roles New York Inner City Outings New York, NY Youth Leadership Program, Co-Founder, WorkOrganized.com Financial Advisor to the Founder (John Rusk), Phoenix Project Strategic Development Advisor to the Co-Founders,