Initiative for the Study of Emerging Threats (ISET)

• Altier, Mary Beth (2025)
  “Voting for Violence” Journal of Global Security Studies, 10(4).
• Waheed, Abu & Reese, Nicholas S. (2025)
  “DMAP: A Blockchain-Enhanced Deepfake Verification Framework to Safeguard Individual Privacy and National Security.” The ACM Magazine for Students, 31(4), 40–45.
• Clarke, Colin & Broekaert, Clara (2025)
  “The Global State of al-Qa`ida 24 Years After 9/11.” CTC Sentinel, 18(9).
• Kane, John V. & Perry, Samuel L. (2024)
  “Belief in divine (versus human) control of earth affects perceived threat of climate change.” npj Climate Action, 3, 78.
• Clubb, Gordon, Altier, Mary Beth et al. (2024)
  “Combating the terrorist stigma? Communicating rehabilitation and reducing barriers to reintegration.” Terrorism and Political Violence.
• Altier, Mary Beth & Kane, John V. (2023)
  “Framing States: Unitary Actor Language and Public Support for Coercive Foreign Policy.” International Studies Quarterly, 67(1).
• Finkelstein, Joel, Donohue, Jack, Goldenberg, Alex, et al. (2023)
  #Twittertakeover: How the Musk Acquisition Became a Launchpad for Gen-Z Neo-Nazis, Ye, and Widespread Antisemitism Network Contagion Research Institute.
• Altier, Mary Beth & Kane, John (2023)
  “Framing States: Unitary Actor Language & Public Support for Coercive Foreign Policy.” International Studies Quarterly.
• Ayandele, Olajumoke & Ilunga, Yvan Yenda. (2023)
  African Wars in the 21st Century: Economic and Security Determinants for a Stable Africa. Workshop Report, New York University Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora.
• Thakur, Ramesh, Shatabhisa, Shetty, & Sidhu, W.P.S. (2023)
  “Introduction: China-India-Pakistan Nuclear Trilemma and the Imperative of Risk Reduction Measures.” Journal of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament.
• Goldenberg, Alex, et al. (2022)
  Online communities of adolescents and young adults celebrating, glorifying, and encouraging self-harm and suicide are growing rapidly on Twitter. Network Contagion Research Institute.
• Sidhu, W. P. S., Thakur, R., & Shetty, S. (2022)
  “Introduction: China–India–Pakistan Nuclear Trilemma and the Imperative of Risk Reduction Measures.” Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament.
• Delton, A., Kane, J, Petersen, M Bang., Roberts, T. and Cosmides, L. (2022)
  Delton, Andrew D., Kane, John V., Petersen, Michael Bang, Roberts, Theresa E. and Cosmides, Leda (2022) “Partisans Use Emotions as Social Pressure: Feeling Anger and Gratitude at Exiters and Recruits in Political Groups” Party Politics.
• Ayandele, Olajumoke, et al. (2021)
  “Democracy and Elections amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Burundi.” African Security, 14(4), 391–409.
• Mason, Lilliana, Wronski, Julie, & Kane, John. V. (2021)
  “Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support.” American Political Science Review.
• Mason, Lilliana, Wronski, Julie, & Kane, John. V. (2021)
  “Who’s at the Party? Group Sentiments, Knowledge, and Partisan Identity” Journal of Politics.
• Altier, Mary Beth, Emma Leonard Boyle, and John Horgan (2021)
  “On Re-engagement and Risk Factors.” Terrorism & Political Violence.
• Altier, Mary Beth (2021)
  “Violent Extremist Disengagement and Reintegration: Lessons from Over 30 Years of DDR.” The RESOLVE Network.
• Jacobson, Adam (2021)
  “Back to the Dark Side: Explaining the CIA’s Repeated Use of Torture.” Terrorism and Political Violence.
• Altier, Mary Beth (2021)
  “Criminal or Terrorist?: Fear, Bias, and Public Support for Prisoner Re-entry Programs.” Terrorism and Political Violence.
• Schnaufer, Tad II (2021)
  “The US-NATO Relationship: The Cost of Maintaining Political Pressure on Allies.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.
• Kalilou, Ousseyni (2021)
  “Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel: The Acacia Gum Tree As a Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding." International Affairs.
• Ayandele, Olajumoke, et al. (2021)
  “Democracy and Elections amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Burundi.” African Security, 14(4), 391–409.
• Altier, Mary Beth, Emma Leonard Boyle, and John Horgan (2020)
  “Terrorist Transformations: The Link Between Terrorist Roles and Terrorist Disengagement.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2020)
  “India and the United Nations Security Council: Deja vu?” IIC Quarterly.
• Salyk-Virk, Melissa (2020)
  “Building Community Resilience: Community Perspectives of the Countering Violent Extremism Pilot Program in Minneapolis/St. Paul.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.
• Altier, M., Boyle. M, and Horgan, J. (2019)
  “Returning to the Fight: An Empirical Analysis of Terrorist Reengagement and Recidivism.” Terrorism and Political Violence.
• Kransa, Joshua (2018)
  “Inside the Sausage Factory: Decision-making in Israel’s National Security Policy.” International Politics Reviews, 6(2).
• Altier, M., Boyle. M, Horgan, J, and Shortland, N. (2018)
  "Why They Leave: An Analysis of Terrorist Disengagement Events from 87 Autobiographical Accounts." Security Studies.
• Kransa, Joshua (2017)
  “The State of the Arab State and the West’s ‘Arab Spring’.” Mediterranean Quarterly, 28(4).
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2017)
  “The strategic elimination of nuclear weapons: a redefined global agenda for nuclear disarmament.” Nonproliferation Review.
• Bowen, Andrew (2017)
  "Coercive Diplomacy and the Donbas: Explaining Russian Strategy in Eastern Ukraine." Journal of Strategic Studies.
• Jacobson, Adam (2017)
  "Could the United States Reinstitute An Official Torture Policy?" Journal of Strategic Security.
• Schnaufer, Tad II (2017)
  "Redefining Hybrid Warfare: Russia's Non-linear War Against the West." Journal of Strategic Security.
• Einhorn, Robert and W.P.S. Sidhu (2017)
  “The strategic chain linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States.” Brookings Institution.
• Altier, Mary Beth, Guest Editor (2016)
  Special Issue of Journal of Strategic Security on Emerging Threats vol. 9 no. 3 
• Clarke, Colin
  Drugs and Thugs: Funding Terrorism Through Narcotics Trafficking.
• Mazzucelli, Collette, Anna Visvizi, and Ronald Bee
  Secular States in a 'Security Community': The Migration-Terrorism Nexus?
• Honeywood, Christian
  Britain's Approach to Balancing Counterterrorism Laws with Human Rights.
• Dávila, Ana
  Social Media: Insight on the Internal Dynamics of Mexican DTOs.
• Spencer, Amanda
  The Hidden Face of Terrorism: An Analysis of Women in the Islamic State.
• Novenario, Celine (2016)
  “Differentiating Al Qaeda and the Islamic State Through Strategies Publicized in Jihadist Magazines.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.
• Horgan, J., Altier M., Shortland N., and Taylor, M. (2016)
  "Walking Away: The Disengagement and De-radicalization of a Violent Right Wing Extremist." Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism & Political Aggression.
• Bowen, Andrew and Mark Galeotti (2014)
  Latvia and Money Laundering: An Examination of Regulatory and Institutional Effectiveness in Combating Money Laundering. Central European Journal of International and Security Studies.
• Altier, M., Thoroughgood, C., and Horgan, J. (2014)
  Turning Away from Terrorism: Lessons from Psychology, Sociology, and Criminology. Journal of Peace Research.

• Ayandele, Olajumoke & Iwara, MaryAnne (2024)
  A Gendered Dimension in Understanding Armed Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Vulnerability and Involvement. In Armed Banditry in Nigeria (pp. 189–218).
• Ayandele, Olajumoke (2024)
  A Gendered Dimension in Understanding Armed Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Vulnerability and Involvement” in Ojo, J. S., Oyewole, S., & Aina, F. (eds.) Armed Banditry in Nigeria: Evolution, Dynamics, and Trajectories, Palgrave Macmillan.
• Ankersen, Christopher & Romaniuk, Scott (2023)
  “Ethics of Security” in Palgrave Handbook of Security Studies (pp. 481-487) Springer eBooks.
• Sidhu, W. P. S. (2023)
  Weapons of Mass Destruction. In International Organization and Global Governance (pp.522–534). Routledge.
• Sidhu, W. P. S. (2023)
  The nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. In Security Studies (pp. 372–388). Routledge.
• Oppenheimer, M. (2023)
  Chapter 2: Hard Times Ahead for US Soft Power.” In Soft Power and the Future of US Foreign Policy. Pp. 25-42.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2023)
  "The Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regime", in P.D. Williams and Matt McDonald, eds., Security Studies: An Introduction. 4th edition. Taylor & Francis.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2023)
  “Weapons of Mass Destruction” in Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson, eds., International Organization and Global Governance, (3rd edition). Routledge.
• Shackelford, S. J., Douzet, F, & Ankersen, Christopher (eds.) (2022)
  Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead. In Cyber Peace: Charting a Path Toward a Sustainable, Stable, and Secure Cyberspace (pp. 129–192). Cambridge University Press.
• François, Camille & Ankersen, Christopher (2022)
  Imagining Cyber Peace. In Cyber Peace: Charting a Path Toward a Sustainable, Stable, and Secure Cyberspace (pp. 195–204). Cambridge University Press.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2019)
  “The Accidental Global Peacekeeper” in Manu Bhagwan, ed., India and the Cold War. UNC Press.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2019)
  “Regional Peace and Security” in Simon Chesterman and Ben Saul, eds., Oxford Handbook for International Law in Asia. Oxford University Press.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2018)
  “Regional Groups and Alliances”, in Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, eds., The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations. (2nd edition). Oxford University Press.
• Sidhu, W.P.S (2016)
  "Non-Proliferation and Disarmament", in J. K. Cogan, I. Hurd and I. Johnstone, eds., The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations. Oxford University Press.
• Sidhu, W.P.S. (2015)
  Weapons of Mass Destruction: Managing Proliferation" in S. von Einsiedel, D. M. Malone, and B. S. Ugarte, eds., The UN Security Council in the 21st Century. Lynne Rienner.

Mary Beth Altier, MA, PhD
Director and Clinical Professor

Welcome! The world is becoming increasingly interconnected and yet, we are currently witnessing nation-states turning inward rather than outward. Yet, threats like terrorism, climate change, pandemics, cyberattacks, biological and nuclear weapons, refugee flows, and corruption require innovative solutions and international cooperation. How do we anticipate and thwart new and emerging threats in an increasingly complex global order?

The Initiative for the Study of Emerging Threats (ISET) follows the broader mission of the NYU School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs in seeking not just to catalog and to describe the world's challenges, but to play an active, imaginative, and positive role in creating practical solutions to them. ISET draws upon an extraordinary and inspiring faculty, the efforts of a diverse and entrepreneurial group of graduate students and alumni, and the resources of New York University, one of the most well respected and globally connected institutions of higher learning in the world.

This is a new and ambitious endeavor and inevitably a work in progress, constantly evolving, forever exploring new risks and new strategies to prevent, minimize, or resolve them. We look forward to working with you in that mission.