TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 – DECEMBER 2, 2015 Course Syllabus GeorgetownX August 31, 2015 GeorgetownX: Terrorism and Counterterrorism SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 – DECEMBER 2, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Core Faculty ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 Interviews ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Faculty Support Team ............................................................................................................................................. 4 What is the course about? ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Key Questions .................................................................................................................................................... 5 What does the course include? .............................................................................................................................. 5 Course Section Outline ....................................................................................................................................... 6 What will I learn in the course? .............................................................................................................................. 8 What should we expect from each other? ............................................................................................................. 8 What you can Expect from Professor Byman and the course team ................................................................... 8 What you can expect from edX .......................................................................................................................... 8 What we expect from you .................................................................................................................................. 8 Appendix A: Detailed Course Section Outline ...................................................................................................... 11 1. What is Terrorism and Who are the Terrorists? (Release: September 24, 2015) ..................................... 11 2. Stratgies, Tactics, and Technology Use (Release: October 1, 2015) ......................................................... 12 3. Al-Qaeda (Release: October 8, 2015) ........................................................................................................ 12 4. Islam (Release: October 15, 2015) ............................................................................................................ 13 5. Area studies: Israel (Release: October 22, 2015) ..................................................................................... 14 6. Area studies: South Asia (Release: October 29, 2015) ............................................................................. 15 7. Counterterrorism and The Rule of Law (Release: November 5, 2015) ..................................................... 15 8. Intelligence and Counterterrorism (Release: November 12, 2015) .......................................................... 16 9. Counterterrorism Instruments (Release: November 19, 2015) ................................................................ 17 Appendix B: Learning Checklist ............................................................................................................................ 19 What is Terrorism and Who are the Terrorists– Section 1: September 24-31 ................................................. 19 Strategies, Tactics, and Technology Use – Section 2: October 1-7 ................................................................... 19 Al-Qaeda – Section 3: October 8-14 ................................................................................................................. 19 Islam – Section 4: October 15-21 ..................................................................................................................... 19 Area studies: The Terrorist Threat to Israel and the Israeli response– Section 5: October 22-28 ................... 20 Area Studies: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in South Asia– Section 6: October 29-November 4 ............... 20 Counterterrorism and the Rule of Law – Week 7: November 5-11 ................................................................. 20 Intelligence and Counterterrorism – Section 8: November 12- 19, 2013 ........................................................ 20 Counterterrorism Instruments – Section 9: November 20- 26, 2013 .............................................................. 21 1 of 21 GeorgetownX: Terrorism and Counterterrorism SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 – DECEMBER 2, 2015 TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM What is the danger of terrorism, and how can the world respond effectively? NOTE: The course will be archived for the following duration: October 1, 2015 – May 13, 2016. No certificates will be issued for work completed after December 2, 2015. CORE FACULTY • Daniel L. Byman Dr. Byman is a Professor in the Security Studies Program of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Research Director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy. Dr. Byman served as a Professional Staff Member with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States (the “9/11 Commission”) and the Joint 9/11 Inquiry Staff of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. He also worked as the Research Director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation and as a Middle East analyst for the U.S. intelligence community. Dr. Byman received his B.A. in religion from Amherst College and his Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Follow him @dbyman. § Jonathan Brown Dr. Jonathan Brown is a Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Civilization in the Center for Muslim- Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Editor- in-Chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islamic Law, and publisher of several books and articles on the Hadith, Islamic law, Sufism, Arabic lexical theory and Pre-Islamic poetry. Dr. Brown's current research interests include the history of forgery and historical criticism in Islamic civilization, comparison with the Western tradition; and modern conflicts between Late Sunni Traditionalism and Salafism in Islamic thought. Dr. Brown received his B.A. in history from Georgetown University and his Ph.D. in near eastern languages and civilizations from the University of Chicago. § John Esposito Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, John Esposito specializes in Islamic studies, religion, and international affairs as a Professor at Georgetown University. Esposito's research is published in more than 45 books and monographs, including Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and The Future of Islam, translated into over 35 languages. Past President of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Academy of Religion, a member of the E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation, the board of C-1 World Dialogue, an ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, Esposito is Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Islamic Studies Online, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World and other Oxford reference works on the Islamic world and Islamic Studies. § Christine Fair C. Christine Fair is a Georgetown Security Studies Program Assistant Professor, where she focuses on South Asian political and military affairs. Fair previously worked at the RAND Corporation, United Nations Assistance 2 of 21 GeorgetownX: Terrorism and Counterterrorism SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 – DECEMBER 2, 2015 Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and at USIP’s Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Fair has as authored, co-authored and co-edited several books, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Women in International Security, International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, and American Institute of Pakistan Studies. She serves on the editorial board of numerous journals, and is a senior fellow with the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Fair received her PhD and MA from the University of Chicago. Her most recent book is Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War (Oxford University Press, 2014). Many of her other publications can be found at christinefair.net § Bruce Hoffman Bruce Hoffman is a Professor and Director of both the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. Professor Hoffman is currently a member of the National Security Preparedness Group; a Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; a Senior Fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center; a Visiting Professor at the International Institute for Counter- Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel and at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St Andrews University, Scotland ; and serves in various editing capacities at The National Interest, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and the Columbia University Press Series on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Hoffman was awarded the United States Intelligence Community Seal Medallion in 1994 from the Director of Central Intelligence. Follow him @hoffman_bruce.