Will McCants (born 1975), also known as William Faizi McCants, is a scholar of

militant Islamism Islamism (also often called political Islam or Islamic fundamentalism) is a political ideology which posits that modern states and regions should be reconstituted in constitutional, economic and judicial terms, in accordance with what is c ...

. He is a fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as simply Brookings, is an American research group founded in 1916. Located on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C., the organization conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in e ...

. An adjunct faculty member at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

, he is a former senior advisor on

violent extremism Violent extremism is a form of extremism that condones and enacts violence with ideological or deliberate intent, such as religious or political violence. Violent extremist views can manifest in connection with a range of issues, including politics ...

to the U.S. State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Founder and co-editor of the website Jihadica, he is also a former research analyst for CNA, a non-profit organization that encompasses the

Center for Naval Analyses CNA, formerly known as the CNA Corporation, is a federally-funded nonprofit research and analysis organization based in Arlington County, Virginia. CNA has around 625 employees. General CNA operates: * The Center for Naval Analyses. CNA's Cente ...

and the Institute for Public Research.

Career

Described by William Maclean, the security correspondent for

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, as "a leading scholar of militant Islamism", McCants is author of a 2011 book titled
Founding Gods, Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths from Antiquity to Islam
'' based on his doctoral research at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

. McCants is co-editor of Jihadica.com, which ''

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'' described as "a respected website".

Books

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References

External links

Jihadica
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCants, Will F. Princeton University alumni Johns Hopkins University faculty Living people 1975 births Place of birth missing (living people)