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Dr Amira Jadoon is an associate professor of Political Science at Clemson University. Her research focuses on the multifaceted consequences of international security tools and counterterrorism strategies, examining their interlinkages with political violence, extremism, and the strategic messaging. Between 2017 and 2022, Jadoon taught at the US Military Academy at West Point, where she led the South Asia portfolio at the Combating Terrorism Centre. Jadoon is a recognised leading expert on the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which she has studied since its origins, and the co-author of three books: The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Lynne Rienner, 2023); Killing Americans (Oxford University Press, 2026); and Dangerous by Design (Columbia University Press, forthcoming). In 2025, she founded The Durand Dispatch, an analysis and intelligence platform on militancy and security across the Afghanistan–Pakistan region. Jadoon is a 2026 Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar, and in 2022 was named to the US National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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