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Javed Ali

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Javed Ali
Javed Ali is a Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He previously had over 20 years professional experience in Washington, D.C., on national security issues, including senior roles at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and National Security Council.
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The Islamic State’s Afghanistan-based affiliate is emerging as a global menace

ISIS-K’s bombing in Moscow shows the group's increasingly deadly reach.

  • Javed Ali
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Iran’s elite Quds Force is following former leader's vision of chaos in the Middle East

Esmail Ghaani, who took over when the U.S. killed Qassem Soleimani, has doubled down on the strategy of supporting, arming and funding terrorist and insurgent groups.

  • Javed Ali, The Conversation
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How did Israeli intelligence miss Hamas’ preparations to attack?

A U.S. counterterrorism expert explains how Israeli intelligence works.

  • Javed Ali, The Conversation
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The Domestic Counterterrorism Strategy Is a Good Start—But Needs More

For at least three reasons, domestic CT strategy is harder than the international one that worked against al Qaeda.

  • Thomas S. Warrick and Javed Ali
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Split Up NSA and CYBERCOM

And have the signals-intelligence agency report directly to the Director of National Intelligence.

  • Javed Ali and Adam Maruyama