Peter R. Neumann
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Peter R. Neumann (born 4 December 1974) is a
Early life and career
Neumann worked in Germany as a radio journalist. According to his biography he 'went to university in Berlin, Belfast and London. He received an MA in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.'[1]
Career
Career in academia
Neumann's German language book on the IRA, IRA: Langer Weg zum Frieden (The Long Way to Peace) was published in 1999. In 2003 Palgrave Macmillan published his second book Britain's Long War: British Strategy in the Northern Ireland Conflict 1969-98.
In 2003 he was granted an 'Early Career Fellowship' by the Leverhulme Trust for research entitled 'Going political: terrorism and electoral politics'.[2]
Neumann was director at the Centre for Defence Studies at
Political activities
Ahead of the
In October 2019, Neumann was present for a speech Michael Gove made at the German embassy in London on German Unity Day,[5] and summarised part of the speech on social media. The content of the summary was disputed by Gove, who requested that he "reflect the whole speech in context". Neumann described a negative reaction to parts of the speech from the audience, who he said "clearly felt that a comparison was made" between the reunification of Germany and Brexit.[6]
Ahead of the 2021 elections, CDU chairman Armin Laschet included Neumann in his eight-member shadow cabinet for the Christian Democrats’ campaign.[7]
Other activities
- Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Member of the European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues
- International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
- Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, a project of the Fourth Freedom Forum, Advisor[8]
Publications
Publications
- Peter R. Neumann 'Europe’s Jihadist Dilemma' Survival Vol 48, No 2 - Summer 2006 the quarterly journal of the IISS
External links
- Professor Peter Neumann at King's College London
- Returning Jihadis: A Generational Threat - Fathom Journal, 23 November 2016
References
- ^ bio on King's College London website, accessed 29 October 2010
- ^ Leverhulme Trust, Awards to Individuals 2003 Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, p. 15, accessed 29 October 2010
- ^ ICSR: Peter Neumann – Director
- ^ Christian Wiermer (April 20, 2017), NRW-Wahlkampf: Terror-Professor wird Berater von CDU-Spitzenkandidat Armin Laschet Express
- ^ "Remarks at the German Embassy by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: 3 October 2019". GOV.UK. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "Michael Gove accused of comparing Brexit to fall of Berlin wall". The National. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ Fatina Keilani and Christoph Prantner (September 3, 2021), Personen statt Positionen: Laschet bringt sein «Zukunftsteam» in Stellung Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
- ^ "Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation - Advisors". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2009-10-16.