Dr. Magnus Ranstorp is currently based at the Swedish National Defence College, directing a large funded project on Strategic Terrorist Threats to Europe which focuses on both radicalisation and recruitment of salafist-jihadist terrorists across Europe and the critical issue of the convergence between CBRN and terrorism. Previously, he was the Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Dr. Ranstorp is the author of Hizballah in Lebanon and other numerous articles and monographs on terrorism and counter-terrorism. His most recent edited book is Mapping Terrorism Research: State of the Art, Gaps and Future Direction. Dr. Ranstorp has briefed numerous government officials and is an elected Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.