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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.fhs.se/sv/Forskning/Centrumbildningar/CATS/Nyheter/ Recent publications by Ranstorp]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911134500/http://www.fhs.se/sv/Forskning/Centrumbildningar/CATS/Nyheter/ Recent publications by Ranstorp]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/9-11_commission/030331-ranstorp.htm Transcript of Ranstorp's statement to 9-11 Commission]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/9-11_commission/030331-ranstorp.htm Transcript of Ranstorp's statement to 9-11 Commission]
* [http://www.fhs.se/sv/Forskning/Centrumbildningar/CATS/ CATS - Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070610151935/http://www.fhs.se/sv/Forskning/Centrumbildningar/CATS/ CATS - Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College]
* [http://gustavus.edu/news/4422 Short Biography of Ranstorp]
* [http://gustavus.edu/news/4422 Short Biography of Ranstorp]
* {{Twitter|MagnusRanstorp}} - verified account
* {{Twitter|MagnusRanstorp}} - verified account

Revision as of 20:05, 12 January 2018

Magnus Ranstorp in March 2015

Per Magnus Ranstorp (born 13 March 1965 in

Saint Peter, Minnesota
in 1985.

He was previously the Director of Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Hizballah in Lebanon as well as several articles and monographs on terrorism and counter-terrorism. He is on the international editorial advisory board of the academic journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and on the editorial boards of two newly launched peer-reviewed journals published by Taylor & Francis: Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict and

US Secretary of Defense
). In 2006 Ranstorp was invited to join the European Commission Expert Group on Violent Radicalisation, an official advisory body on all matters relating to violent radicalisation and recruitment of extremists within the EU.

During the early stages of the

2011 Norway Attacks, Ranstorp claimed that the attacks could only have been the work of a network of al-Qaeda operatives, something which was later shown to be false, as the attacks were carried out by a lone perpetrator.[1] In his manifesto mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik copied 25 pages verbatim from an ideological text by Evan Kohlmann and published by an institute led by Magnus Ranstorp.[2]

In March 2017, Ransdorp disparaged the claim made by ISIS magazine

2016 Malmö ISIS-related arson was started by "a warrior from the caliphate;" the fire was later[when?] shown to have been started by an ISIS operative.[3][4]

In June 2017 Ranstorp was appointed the leader of a study on jihadi salafist organisations in Sweden by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Terrorekspert tror Al-Qaida står bak". NRK.no. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  2. ^ ""Flat granskning av Breiviks bakgrund" ("Lenient scrutiny of Breivik's background")". Fria.Nu. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ^ Lofgren, Emma (27 March 2017). "Malmö 'Isis member' accused of terrorism for fire at Islamic centre". The Local. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ Kallimachi, Rukmini (8 June 2017). "Syrian Accused of Working for ISIS News Agency Is Arrested in Germany". New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Msb.se - MSB fortsätter arbetet om islamistisk informationspåverkan". www.msb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-11-07.

External links

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