Jacob Ware is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he studies domestic terrorism and counterterrorism and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and at DeSales University. He is the deputy editorial director at the Irregular Warfare Initiative, and serves on the editorial boards of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism and the International Counter-Terrorism Review. He holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown, and an MA in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St Andrews. He is the co-author of God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America, forthcoming with Columbia University Press in 2024.
The Summit offers a unique opportunity to confront the corrosive influence of bigotry and hatred in our society. In order for us to address these challenges, we first must acknowledge their painful and destructive impact in our communities and in our country. I am grateful to serve as a Global Advisor to this timely and powerful initiative.