Fernando Reinares

Director, Violent Radicalization and Global Terrorism Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute - Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

Fernando Reinares is director of the Program on Violent Radicalization and Global Terrorism at Elcano Royal Institute, and Professor of Political Science and Security Studies at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, both in Madrid. He is also Wilson Center Global Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, as well as Associate Senior Research Fellow at ISPI in Milano. He was the first Chairperson of the Expert Group on Violent Radicalization of the European Commission (2007-2009), and Senior Adviser for Antiterrorist Policy to Spain’s Minister of the Interior (2004 and 2006). Awarded in Spain, among other academic and civilian distinctions, with the Cross of Military Merit (2009) and the Cross of Police Merit (2012), he has also been decorated with the highest medal from his native region of La Rioja for “outstanding contribution to the fight against terrorism and in defence of the principles of democracy” (2016). His books include Yihadismo y yihadistas en España (Madrid: Real Instituto Elcano, 2019; with C. García-Calvo and Á. Vicente); Al Qaeda’s Revenge. The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017), Estado Islámico en España (Madrid: Real Instituto Elcano, 2016; with C. García-Calvo); The Evolution of the Global Terrorism Threat (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014; with B. Hoffman), ¡Matadlos! Quién estuvo detrás del 11-M y por qué se atentó en España (Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg, 2014); and Patriotas de la Muerte. Por qué han militado en ETA y cuándo abandonan (Madrid: Taurus, 2011). His articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Survival, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Terrorism and Political Violence, Sécurité Globale, Georgetown Security Studies Review, Electoral Studies, Pouvoirs, CTC Sentinel, or Perspectives on Terrorism.