Michael W. S. Ryan
Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation
Dr. Michael W. S. Ryan is currently a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Middle East Journal. Ryan is the author of Decoding Al-Qaeda's Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America (Columbia, 2013), a recent U.S. Naval War College Case Study, "ISIS: The Terrorist Group That Would Be a State" (August 2015), and numerous articles on Middle Eastern radical groups. He served in senior positions in the federal government including the U.S. Department of State and the Pentagon.
The Cipher Brief’s Bennett Seftel sat down with Michael W.S. Ryan, Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, to discuss ISIS’ recent battlefield losses, the group’s current level of influence, and [...] More
ISIS is a terrorist group attempting to become a state. It inherited al Qaeda's strengths, including international networks, battle tested military doctrine and strategy, and a radical religious [...] More
