Jessica Stern
Biographic Data
| ID | 3736498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Stern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Stern |
| SIGNATURE | STERN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 134 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
The United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons was established by presidential mandate and sat in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State. The position was established in 2015 when John Kerry served as the U.S. Secretary of State during the second Barack Obama administration. It did not exist during the first Donald Trump administration. Special Envoy Jessica Stern (JS) became the …
Radicalization to Extremism and Mobilization to Violence
This article discusses individual mobilization to extremist violence from the perspective of a researcher and analyst, exploring what we know about the psychological and social factors motivating young people to join extremist groups and how that knowledge relates to the recruitment of individuals into ISIS. The biggest threat to the West, at least for now, is not core ISIS (or any jihadi group operating in the Middle East and North Africa region…
PTSD
Response to Marc Sageman's “The Stagnation in Terrorism Research”
The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America
Book Review| January 01 2012 The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America. By Loren, Diana DiPaolo. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010. $69.95 cloth.) Jessica Stern Jessica Stern Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (1): 178–179. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-1435630 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Sh…
Religious Violence and Peace
Religious faith meets some extremely important psychological needs that have existed since the emergence of humankind: it provides a sense of security, safety, meaning, and comfort in a threatening world in which the only real certainty is that someday we will die. However, ideologically inspired violence—both terrorism and war—is also on the rise. According to research by Monica Toft, religious wars are more common than secular ones, and they ar…
Precaution Against Terrorism
Stunned by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration adopted a new National Security Strategy in September 2002. The UK government took a similar stance. This new strategy calls for anticipatory attacks against potential enemies with uncertain capacities and intentions, even before their threat is imminent. Rather than wait for evidence of weapons of mass destruction, it shifts the burden of proof, obliging “rogue” stat…
Terror in the Name of God
The Politics of Fear after 9/11
The Politics of Fear after 9/11
Triborder Dispute
Fearing Evil
Jessica Stern Fearing Evil Evil doers are evil dreaders. —Sixteenth-century proverb A M E R IC A N S ARE LIVIN G IN A D RE AD FU L AGE: OF " SHOE B O M B E R S" and orange alerts, of suicide-murderers and poisonous bombs, of pronouncements by our enemies that they will destroy our will as well as our countiy. We are unaccustomed to living with such dizzying uncertainty. For the first time in histoiy, American citizens feel vulner able in their o…
Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons
January 01 2003 Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons Jessica Stern Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Online ISSN: 1531-4804 Print ISSN: 0162-2889 © 2003 President …
Terror in the Name of God
For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively-to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola-she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common. Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains h…
The Protean Enemy
HAVING SUFFERED the destruction of its sanctuary in Afghanistan two years ago, al Qaeda's already decentralized organization has become more decentralized still. The group's leaders have largely dispersed to Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and elsewhere around the world (only a few still remain in Afghanistan's lawless border regions). And with many of the planet's intelligence agencies now focusing on destroying its network, al Qaeda's ability to carry ou…
Preparing for a War on Terrorism
America's goal must be to prevent future strikes by its enemies. The United States cannot afford to allow an emotional desire for quick retribution to override its long-term national security interests. It would not be difficult to make things worse rather than better
Pakistan's Jihad Culture
This spring the U.S. State Department reported that South Asia has replaced the Middle East as the leading locus of terrorism in the world. Although much has been written about religious militants in the Middle East and Afghanistan, little is known in the West about those in Pakistan?perhaps because they operate mainly in Kashmir and, for now at least, do not threaten security outside South Asia. General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military rule…
It Could Happen Here
Terror in the Name of God
Pakistan's Jihad Culture
This spring the U.S. State Department reported that South Asia has replaced the Middle East as the leading locus of terrorism in the world. Although much has been written about religious militants in the Middle East and Afghanistan, little is known in the West about those in Pakistan?perhaps because they operate mainly in Kashmir and, for now at least, do not threaten security outside South Asia. General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military rule…
The Protean Enemy
HAVING SUFFERED the destruction of its sanctuary in Afghanistan two years ago, al Qaeda's already decentralized organization has become more decentralized still. The group's leaders have largely dispersed to Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and elsewhere around the world (only a few still remain in Afghanistan's lawless border regions). And with many of the planet's intelligence agencies now focusing on destroying its network, al Qaeda's ability to carry ou…
Precaution Against Terrorism
Stunned by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration adopted a new National Security Strategy in September 2002. The UK government took a similar stance. This new strategy calls for anticipatory attacks against potential enemies with uncertain capacities and intentions, even before their threat is imminent. Rather than wait for evidence of weapons of mass destruction, it shifts the burden of proof, obliging “rogue” stat…
Response to Marc Sageman's “The Stagnation in Terrorism Research”
Radicalization to Extremism and Mobilization to Violence
This article discusses individual mobilization to extremist violence from the perspective of a researcher and analyst, exploring what we know about the psychological and social factors motivating young people to join extremist groups and how that knowledge relates to the recruitment of individuals into ISIS. The biggest threat to the West, at least for now, is not core ISIS (or any jihadi group operating in the Middle East and North Africa region…
Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons
January 01 2003 Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons Jessica Stern Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Online ISSN: 1531-4804 Print ISSN: 0162-2889 © 2003 President …
Fearing Evil
Jessica Stern Fearing Evil Evil doers are evil dreaders. —Sixteenth-century proverb A M E R IC A N S ARE LIVIN G IN A D RE AD FU L AGE: OF " SHOE B O M B E R S" and orange alerts, of suicide-murderers and poisonous bombs, of pronouncements by our enemies that they will destroy our will as well as our countiy. We are unaccustomed to living with such dizzying uncertainty. For the first time in histoiy, American citizens feel vulner able in their o…
It Could Happen Here
Pakistan's Jihad Culture
This spring the U.S. State Department reported that South Asia has replaced the Middle East as the leading locus of terrorism in the world. Although much has been written about religious militants in the Middle East and Afghanistan, little is known in the West about those in Pakistan?perhaps because they operate mainly in Kashmir and, for now at least, do not threaten security outside South Asia. General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military rule…
Preparing for a War on Terrorism
America's goal must be to prevent future strikes by its enemies. The United States cannot afford to allow an emotional desire for quick retribution to override its long-term national security interests. It would not be difficult to make things worse rather than better
Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons
January 01 2003 Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons Jessica Stern Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Online ISSN: 1531-4804 Print ISSN: 0162-2889 © 2003 President …
Terror in the Name of God
For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively-to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola-she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common. Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains h…
The Protean Enemy
HAVING SUFFERED the destruction of its sanctuary in Afghanistan two years ago, al Qaeda's already decentralized organization has become more decentralized still. The group's leaders have largely dispersed to Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and elsewhere around the world (only a few still remain in Afghanistan's lawless border regions). And with many of the planet's intelligence agencies now focusing on destroying its network, al Qaeda's ability to carry ou…
Terror in the Name of God
The Politics of Fear after 9/11
The Politics of Fear after 9/11
Triborder Dispute
Fearing Evil
Jessica Stern Fearing Evil Evil doers are evil dreaders. —Sixteenth-century proverb A M E R IC A N S ARE LIVIN G IN A D RE AD FU L AGE: OF " SHOE B O M B E R S" and orange alerts, of suicide-murderers and poisonous bombs, of pronouncements by our enemies that they will destroy our will as well as our countiy. We are unaccustomed to living with such dizzying uncertainty. For the first time in histoiy, American citizens feel vulner able in their o…
Precaution Against Terrorism
Stunned by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration adopted a new National Security Strategy in September 2002. The UK government took a similar stance. This new strategy calls for anticipatory attacks against potential enemies with uncertain capacities and intentions, even before their threat is imminent. Rather than wait for evidence of weapons of mass destruction, it shifts the burden of proof, obliging “rogue” stat…
Religious Violence and Peace
Religious faith meets some extremely important psychological needs that have existed since the emergence of humankind: it provides a sense of security, safety, meaning, and comfort in a threatening world in which the only real certainty is that someday we will die. However, ideologically inspired violence—both terrorism and war—is also on the rise. According to research by Monica Toft, religious wars are more common than secular ones, and they ar…
The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America
Book Review| January 01 2012 The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America The Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America. By Loren, Diana DiPaolo. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010. $69.95 cloth.) Jessica Stern Jessica Stern Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (1): 178–179. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-1435630 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Sh…
PTSD
Response to Marc Sageman's “The Stagnation in Terrorism Research”
Radicalization to Extremism and Mobilization to Violence
This article discusses individual mobilization to extremist violence from the perspective of a researcher and analyst, exploring what we know about the psychological and social factors motivating young people to join extremist groups and how that knowledge relates to the recruitment of individuals into ISIS. The biggest threat to the West, at least for now, is not core ISIS (or any jihadi group operating in the Middle East and North Africa region…
United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
The United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons was established by presidential mandate and sat in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State. The position was established in 2015 when John Kerry served as the U.S. Secretary of State during the second Barack Obama administration. It did not exist during the first Donald Trump administration. Special Envoy Jessica Stern (JS) became the …
Political science (14 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Terrorism (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works)