Peter R. Neumann

Peter R. Neumann

Born	(1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 (age 50)
Nationality	German
Occupation(s)	Journalist, academic
Organization	International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence

Career

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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.'^[2]

Neumann was director at the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College London from 2005-2007 and was then Director of The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR); a terrorism research institute based at King's College London.^[3]

Political activities

Ahead of the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections in 2017, Neumann served as adviser to Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet.^[4]

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]

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Bibliography

Books

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Neumann, Peter R. (1999). IRA: Langer Weg zum Frieden (in German). Europäische Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 978-3434530435.
Neumann, Peter R. (2000). Al Gore: Eine Biographie (in German). Deutsche Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 978-3421054319.
Neumann, Peter R. (2003). Britain's long war: British strategy in the Northern Ireland conflict 1969-98. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1403917799.
Smith, Michael L. R.; Neumann, Peter R. (2008). The strategy of terrorism: how it works and why it fails. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415426183.
Neumann, Peter R. (2009). Joining Al-Qaeda: Jihadist recruitment in Europe. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415547314.
Neumann, Peter R. (2009). Old and New Terrorism. London: Polity. ISBN 978-0745643755.
Neumann, Peter R. (2016). Radicalized: New Jihadists and the Threat to the West. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1784536732.
Neumann, Peter R. (2016). Der Terror ist unter uns: Dschihadismus, Radikalisierung und Terrorismus in Europa (in German). Berlin: Ullstein. ISBN 978-3550081538.
Neumann, Peter R. (2020). Bluster: Donald Trump's War on Terror. New York: Hurst and OUP. ISBN 978-0190099947.
Neumann, Peter R. (2023). Logik der Angst: Die rechtsextreme Gefahr und ihre Wurzeln (in German) (2nd ed.). Rowohlt. ISBN 978-3737101837.
Neumann, Peter R. (2023). The New World Disorder: how the West is destroying itself. Translated by David Shaw. Scribe. ISBN 978-1915590145.
Neumann, Peter R. (2024). Die Rückkehr des Terrors: Wie uns der Dschihadismus herausfordert (in German) (2nd ed.). Rowohlt. ISBN 978-3737102223.

Edited

Neumann, Peter R., ed. (2015). Radicalization. Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1138791268.

Research reports

Heißner, Stefan; Peter R. Neumann; John Holland-McCowan; Rajan Basra (2017). Caliphate in decline: an estimate of Islamic State's financial fortunes (PDF). London: International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, King's College London.

Articles

Neumann, Peter R. (Summer 2006). "Europe's jihadist dilemma". Survival. 48 (2): 71–84.

Critical studies and reviews of Neumann's work

The strategy of terrorism

Harley, Jason (Autumn 2010). "[Untitled review]". Australian Army Journal. 7 (1): 181–186.