Dr. Alex S. Wilner is an assistant professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University. He teaches classes on Intelligence, International Affairs, and Strategic Foresight. Wilner’s research primarily focuses on the application of deterrence theory to contemporary security issues, like terrorism, violent radicalization, organized crime, cyber threats, and proliferation. His books include Deterring Rational Fanatics and Deterring Terrorism: Theory and Practice, and he has published articles in International Security, NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, and more. His commentaries have appeared in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Embassy, Vanguard, and BBC News. Prior to joining NPSIA, Wilner held a variety of positions at Policy Horizons Canada (the Government of Canada’s strategic foresight lab) the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland, and the ETH Zurich in Switzerland.
Alex Wilner’s work for MLI
Papers
Islamist Terrorism On The March, by Alex Wilner, Nov. 19, 2015
From Rehabilitation to Recruitment, by Alex Wilner, October 18, 2010
Op-eds
With terrorist kidnappings, governments can’t win, in the Globe and Mail, April 26, 2016
Unanswered questions on Canada’s revamped ISIL mission, in Sun papers, Feb. 10, 2016
Libya must be a part of the plan to beat Islamic State, in the Globe and Mail, Feb. 5, 2016
If terrorists were behind the Egypt plane crash, what’s next? in Sun papers, Nov. 11, 2015
Why a Modi win in India will become a headache for Canada, in the Globe and Mail, April 14, 2014
The challenge of counterterrorism, in the Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 2, 2014
Ballistic missile defence – an idea whose time has come, in Frontline Magazine (with Brian Lee Crowley), Nov. 19, 2013
France’s Africa links may have spared allies, in Embassy, Feb. 20, 2013
Bulgarian bomb report in hand, EU must now cripple Hezbollah, in the Globe and Mail, Feb. 6, 2013
Deterrence through disclosure, in Embassy, Feb. 10, 2012
Canada’s mission to Libya – the sequel, in Embassy, Dec. 1, 2011
Getting ahead of prison radicalization, in the Globe and Mail, Oct. 18, 2010
