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Andrew Staniforth

Non-Resident Fellow, Counter Terrorism & National Security

Andrew Staniforth is an international security expert with extensive operational expertise in counter-terrorism. During his UK police career, he served as a Special Branch intelligence officer and counter-terrorism police detective, working in 22 countries and supporting missions of the UN Terrorism Prevention Branch. He has designed international multi-agency security exercise programs and has delivered counter-terrorism training to Senior Police Commanders from across the world. As a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, he has held academic positions at leading UK research institutes and is the author, co-author, editor and co-editor of 12 books. Andrew sits by invitation on numerous international research Advisory Boards and is an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission security research and innovation programs.