The Editors

Bill Roggio

Bill is the Managing Editor of The Long War Journal, the president of Public Multimedia Inc., a nonprofit media organization with a mission to provide original and accurate reporting and analysis of the Long War, an Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Hoover Institute Media Fellow, and a contributor to the The Weekly Standard. His coverage includes the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Lebanon, and Iraq, as well as al Qaeda's operations, tactics, and strategy.

Bill has embedded with the US Marine Corps, the US Army, the Georgian Army, the Iraqi Army, and the Iraqi police in Iraq in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, and with the Canadian Army in Afghanistan in 2006. His articles have been published in The Washington Times, The New York Post, The National Review, The Toronto Times, and Die Weltwoche. His photographs have been published in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He also presents regularly at the US Air Force's Contemporary Counterinsurgency Warfare School on the media and embedded reporting. Bill served as a signalman and infantryman in the US Army and the New Jersey National Guard from 1991 to 1997. Bill can be reached at bill.roggio@longwarjournal.org

Thomas Joscelyn

Thomas is the Senior Editor of The Long War Journal. He is a terrorism analyst, economist, and writer living in New York. Most of Thomas's research and writing has focused on how al Qaeda and its affiliates operate around the world. He is a regular contributor to the Weekly Standard and its online publications, the Daily Standard and Worldwide Standard. His work has also been published by National Review Online, the New York Post, and other media outlets. Thomas is the author of Iran’s Proxy War Against America, a short book published by the Claremont Institute that details Iran’s decades-long sponsorship of America’s terrorist enemies. He makes regular appearances on radio programs around the country and has appeared on MSNBC.

In 2006 he was named one of the Claremont Institute’s Lincoln Fellows. Thomas served as the senior terrorism adviser for Mayor Giuliani’s 2008 presidential campaign. In addition to his life as a terrorism analyst, thomas also manages economic research projects. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Karen Coulson

Karen is the Editor of The Long War Journal. Married to an Army officer, Karen is dedicated to improving the coverage and quality of reporting on the war on terror. She was the assistant editor of Hematology-Oncology Clinics of North America, Health Law and Policy Issue (2003), the publications editor for the Southern Illinois University Law Journal, and the student editor of Legal Medicine Perspectives Student Case Briefs.

Manzar Zaidi

Manzar Zaidi is a Senior Associate Editor with The Long War Journal, dealing primarily with the analysis of the phenomenon of radicalisation in Pakistan, and the surrounding region. Manzar is a terrorism analyst and a Lecturer in Law, Terrorism and Human Rights at the Centre for Policing and Criminal investigation at the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom. He is engaged in teaching and research at one of the most vibrant academic institutions imparting education in Policing in Britain today. He has an LLM (Masters of Law) degree in Human Rights Law, and an LLB (Bachelors of Law), both from the University of London, besides having an MBA degree in Management. He is doing his PhD at the same university, with his doctoral thesis being on the Transmigration of Radical Fundamentalist tendencies from the rural to the urban mainstream, with particular context to Pakistan.

Manzar has extensive international experience in the operation of international law, especially in context of the Balkans where he embedded with the United Nations, enabling him to witness it in action. He has for years been embedded with research institutions and international NGOs, primarily in the capacity of a research analyst. For years Manzar has been engaged in research about the emergence of fundamentalism in Pakistan, and has written extensively on the subject. His expertise in research is Islamist discourse and the global Jihadist communication strategy, scenarios of Jihadist insurgency in South Asia, and analysis of radicalization processes in Europe and UK particularly. Manzar is based in United Kingdom, and enjoys scuba diving when he is not stuck into books.

Richard Lafayette

Richard provides systems administration for The Long War Journal and its supporting hardware and software systems. Richard has over 15 years in network security and administration. Richard currently works for a private firm with offices in 25 countries providing hardware, software, Internet, and radio communications services.

Bob Barry

Bob Barry provides programming and technical assistance to The Long War Journal. Bob has been programming for 50 years, starting back when ‘baud’ meant holes in paper tape. He graduated from Iowa State, Pitt, and Harvard Business School, and is currently and adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a six sigma master black belt. Bob is the author or principal author of six books on healthcare management. He lives Monroeville, Pennsylvania and can be reached at rbarry@pmd28.hbs.edu.

The Contributors

Bill Ardolino is a marketing professional, freelance writer, and Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies who lives in Washington, D.C. He has maintained INDC Journal since 2004, and written for the Washington Examiner and the Long War Journal. Dissatisfied with the short supply of on-the-ground reporting out of Iraq, Ardolino embedded with the US Marine Corps, the US Army, the Iraqi Army, and the Iraqi police in Fallujah, Habbaniyah and Baghdad in 2006, 2007, and 2008. His reporting focuses on combat operations, the development of Iraqi security forces, civil affairs work and Iraqi politics. He was cited in the 2004 best-seller, "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas Friedman for his "citizen journalism," including work exposing CBS News' fraudulent report on President George W. Bush's Air National Guard service. Bill can be reached at bill.ardolino@gmail.com.

Matt DuPee has independently studied political and security events happening in Afghanistan since 1999. Mr. DuPee worked as the managing editor for Afgha.com since 2004. Mr. DuPee earned a BFA degree in film and video production from Point Park University and received intelligence analyst training from Neumann College. He is currently enrolled in the M.A. Program, Regional Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School. He now serves as a Research Assistant with the Program for Culture and Conflict Studies and continues his research on political, security, and geographical issues pertaining to Afghanistan. He also serves as an assistant to the web and journal editor for the program.

Mr. DuPee’s articles have been published in a variety of publications including the Frontier Post, the Middle East Times, e-Ariana, The Center for Conflict and Peace Studies, and others. His work was cited in the Military Review's May-June 2008 edition, in an article titled “The Taliban: An Organizational Analysis.” He also participated in post-production research for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s documentary, Afghanistan: between Hope and Fear, broadcast in the spring of 2008. His work was previously cited in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute article, “The Taliban’s propaganda activities: how well is the Afghan insurgency communicating and what is it saying?”.

Jane Novak covers Yemen for The Long War Journal. The author of over 40 articles on Yemeni internal affairs, Jane is well known in Yemen where she has extensive contacts. Jane's website, Armies of Liberation, focused on Yemen, is banned by the Yemeni governmental Internet providers because of her in-depth reporting on sensitive topics. Jane appeared on Al Jazeera as an expert on Yemen. She authors an annual country report and a threat assessment on Yemen as well as an analysis of Yemen's Islamic insurgents. She is a contributing editor at World Press.org, a staff writer for Middle East Transparent, and has been published through out the Middle East and in the US. Jane can be reached at jane.novak@gmail.com.

Christopher Radin tracks the development of the Afghanistan National Security Force and publishes a quarterly status report at The Long War Journal. Christopher has a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and started his career as an engineer at Intel Corporation. He has been a product marketing manager in Silicon Valley, California for the past 15 years. Chris has had a live long interest in politics, international affairs and the military and has been an avid war gamer since 1975.

Bill Raymond is the owner of Minuteman Geo-Technologies. He has a strong interest in the history of US-Russian relations, along with the current developments in Somalia and Iran. He is also getting his Masters in Intelligence Studies. Bill produces maps and other geographic data-sets for The Long War Journal's news reports.

Joe Sklut

Joe Sklut is a 2009 Truman Scholar and senior at Commonwealth College, the honors college at the University of Massachusetts. He studies history and political science, with a particular interest in American foreign policy. He intends to pursue graduate studies in international relations and national security studies. A former Congressional intern, Joe is also interested in pursuing a career in public service. Joe monitors Southeast Asia for The Long War Journal and also conducts research.

Benjamin Shapiro

Benjamin Shapiro conducts research and monitors the Caucasus region for The Long War Journal. He obtained a Bachelors degree in studies of the Middle East & Political Islam in 2008 from Evergreen State College. He studied for one year at the American University in Cairo where he focused on Political Islamicism. He set aside special emphasis for studying conflicts in Chechnya and broader Caucasus region. He has vast travel experience in the middle-east, Central & South Asia and the Caucasus, including conflict zones such as southern Lebanon, Yemen, the Buner & Swat valleys of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Ferghana Valley. He will be applying for Graduate programs in related studies in 2010.