Fernando Reinares, Senior Associate Research Fellow at ISPI Radicalization and International Terrorism Centre, is director of the Program on Global Terrorism at Elcano Royal Institute and Professor of Political Science and Security Studies at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, both in Madrid, as well as Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

He was the first President of the Expert Group on Violent Radicalization of the European Commission (2007-2009) and Senior Adviser for Antiterrorist Policy at Spain’s Ministry of the Interior (2004 and 2006). Awarded in Spain, among other academic and civilian distinctions, with the Cross of Military Merit (2009), the Cross of Police Merit (2012), and the highest medal from his native region of La Rioja (2016).

His recent books include Al Qaeda’s Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017), Estado Islámico en España (Madrid: Real Instituto Elcano, 2016; with Carola García-Calvo); The Evolution of the Global Terrorism Threat (Nueva York: Columbia University Press, 2014; edited with Bruce Hoffman), ¡Matadlos! Quién estuvo detrás del 11-M y por qué se atentó en España (Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg, 2014); Patriotas de la Muerte. Por qué han militado en ETA y cuándo abandonan (Madrid: Taurus, 2011) and Las democracias occidentales frente al terrorismo global (Barcelona: Ariel, 2008; edited with Charles Powell).