Nafeez Ahmed
- Age: 29
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Scorpio
- Zodiac Year: Horse
- Industry: Non-Profit
- Occupation: Author/Researcher
- Location: London : United Kingdom
About Me
Political analyst on security, conflict and global crisis. Director of Institute for Policy Research & Development, London. Author of "The London Bombings: An Independent Inquiry" (Duckworth, 2006) and "The War on Truth: 9/11, Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism" (Arris, Olive Branch, 2005). Teaching International Relations at University of Sussex; and postgraduate courses in globalisation and empire at Brunel University's Politics and History unit. Terrorism research was officially used by the 9/11 Commission (Washington); gave expert testimony in US Congress in 2005. Current PhD research is on European empires, violence, and genocide since the 15th century. My other books: "The War on Freedom: How & Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001" (2002), was an instant bestseller in the US, Germany and Italy, and won the latter’s Naples Prize; "Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq" (2003), examines role of energy in Western interventionism in the Middle East since the collapse of the Ottomon Empire up to Iraq War 2003. Have done political commentary for BBC World Service, Channel 4, Sky News, PBS Foreign Exchange, among many others.
Interests
- conflict analysis
- western foreign policy
- interdisciplinary social science research
- global economic-ecological-energy crises
- imperialism
- genocide
Favorite Movies
- V for Vendetta
- The Matrix Trilogy
- Equilibrium
- Ultraviolet
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Batman Begins
- Troy
- Gladiator
- Lord of War
- The Constant Gardner
- Enemy of the State
- The Insider
Favorite Music
- A Perfect Circle
- Tool
- 10 Years
- OneRepublic
- Meshuggah
- Sophia
- Funeral for a Friend
- Fightstar
- Fear Factory
- Korn
- Machine Head
- Rage Against the Machine
- System of a Down
- Anti-Flag
- Killswitch Engage
- The God Machine
- Mogwai
- Radio Head
- Cold Play
- Soundgarden
- Alice in Chains
Favorite Books
- Daniele Ganser NATO's SECRET ARMIES
- Mark Curtis THE AMBIGUITIES OF POWER
- Mark Curtis THE GREAT DECEPTION
- William Blum KILLING HOPE
- Alfred McCoy THE POLITICS OF HEROIN
- Noam Chomsky DETERRING DEMOCRACY
- Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman MANUFACTURING CONSENT
- George Monbiot CAPTIVE STATE
- L. Fletcher Prouty THE SECRET TEAM
- Major General Smedley Butler WAR IS A RACKET
- Richard Heinberg THE PARTY's OVER
- John Howard Kunstler THE LONG EMERGENCY
- Fritjof Capra THE TURNING POINT
- Paul Thompson THE TERROR TIMELINE
- J. M. Blaut THE COLONIZER's MODEL OF THE WORLD
- Michael Hudson SUPER IMPERIALISM
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