<p><span class="p-body">Colin P. Clarke, PhD is the Executive Director of The Soufan Center, where his research focuses on transnational terrorism, geopolitics, and international security. Clarke previously served as the Director of Research at The Soufan Group and as a Senior Research Fellow with The Soufan Center. Prior to those roles, Clarke was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and spent a decade working as a political scientist at the RAND Corporation. Clarke is the author or co-author of five books, appears frequently in the media, and publishes regularly in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and other outlets. He has testified before Congress on numerous occasions and often consults with the U.S. government. He also serves on the editorial board of the leading scholarly journals in the field of terrorism studies, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Terrorism and Political Violence.</span></p> <p><span class="p-body">Clarke received his master’s degree from NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.</span></p>