Mailing address
Center for International Development
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 14
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Jessica Stern
Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
Contact:
Email: jessica_stern@harvard.edu
Experience
Jessica Stern is a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center's International Security Program and a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School. 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, Stern was the Superterrorism Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and in 1995–1996, she was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She is the author of 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 of science degree from MIT, and a doctorate in public policy from Harvard University.
September 10, 2006
Keep American Muslims on Our Side
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
August 1, 2006
Jihad -- A Global Fad
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
July 15, 2006
Al Qaeda, American Style
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
June 12, 2006
Flights of Fancy; Many Muslim Youth Espouse Jihad as a Fad
Op-Ed, Globe and Mail
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
June, 2006
Precaution against Terrorism
Journal Article, Journal of Risk Research, The Precautionary Principle Special Issue, issue 4, volume 9
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
May, 2006
Precaution against Terrorism
Working Paper
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
September 29, 2005
Small Groups Find Fatal Purpose Through the Web
Journal Article, Nature, International Weekly Journal of Science (Correspondence), issue 7059, volume 437
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
June 24, 2004
Terrorists' Own Words Can Help Us Stop Them
Op-Ed, USA Today
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
To counter terrorism, we must think about what motivates new recruits to terrorism
June 12, 2004
Holy Avengers
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Financial Times
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
June 6, 2004
Militant Groups: Beneath Bombast and Bombs, a Cauldron of Humiliation
Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times
By Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy; Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
If we hope to stop terrorism, we need to understand what motivates those who perpetrate it.
