About
Dr. Alastair Reed is an Associate Professor at Swansea University's Cyber Threat Intelligence Center (CyTIC), with affiliations at TU Delft and King's College London. His expertise spans counter-terrorism, insurgency strategies, and strategic communication. Previously Director of the International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) in The Hague, he advises governments globally on terrorism-related policies. His research focuses on foreign fighters, propaganda, and radicalization, leading the CTSC_Project collaboration.
Education: PhD from Utrecht University (Ethno-Separatist Conflicts in India/Philippines), eight years as UK policy advisor/campaign manager.
Research Interests: Terrorist propaganda dynamics, extremist content regulation, strategic counter-terrorism communication. Current projects include analyzing social media algorithms' role in radicalization and post-incident communication frameworks.
Publications span counter-terrorism strategies, foreign fighter pathways, and historical narrative analysis in extremism. Collaborates internationally through Europol's ECTC advisory board and NATO.
Supervises PhD topics like 'Terrorism in the Age of AI' and 'Paramilitarism in Northern Ireland.' Active in policy-oriented research addressing global security challenges.
