Tom Sanderson

Background

About Tom Sanderson

• International conflict consultant & adjunct professor with expertise in global trends, litigation support, link charts & POI biographies, political risk, intelligence, terrorism, organized crime; extensive experience with media commentary and public speaking. Recent field work: Ukraine, Somalia, Kenya, Taiwan, Georgia, Poland, Morocco, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania (Estonia & Finland upcoming) • Consultant to law firms, PR and communications firms, Fortune 500 corporations, risk advisory firms, U.S. intelligence community, government contractors, academia, trade associations • "Global Disruptive Forces" presentation delivered to US DoD, State Department, FedEx, Google, Marriott, Boeing, YPO, Airbus, JSOC, SOCOM, 82nd Airborne, US Foreign Service Institute; and at Tufts, Yale, Colgate, Claremont McKenna, Georgetown, West Point, and Johns Hopkins. • 30 years of counterterrorism and global affairs field work in hostile environments across 80 countries • Interviews with insurgents, violent extremists, traffickers, refugees, NGOs, journalists, foreign and U.S. government officials, war-fighters, academics, clergy, private sector • Testimony before U.S. Congress and courts of law • Co-founder and former Director, CSIS Transnational Threats Project • Member, Hostage US Board of Directors • Senior Adviser and Representative - Washington, DC, Cambrian Futures • Co-Chair, Atlantic Council Councilors Program • Counterterrorism Advisory Council, Middle East Institute • Extensive media interviews, public presentations, and academic course instruction • Publications: opinion pieces in NY Times, Washington Post, The Economist, West Point Counterterrorism Center Sentinel, Harvard Asia Pacific Review • Directed and published numerous CSIS reports, commentaries, and briefings • Field work briefings to U.S. and foreign national security communities • Research fellowships in Berlin, Germany and Shanghai, China