{"id":533,"date":"2024-01-29T05:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T05:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2026-01-25T08:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T08:09:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"533\" class=\"elementor elementor-533\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-436be37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"436be37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d47cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"89d47cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc285c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc285c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92a2b92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"92a2b92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f45e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f45e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor Rohan Gunaratna<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca55fad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca55fad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The threat specialist of the global security environment with over 30 years of academic, policy, and operational experience in national and international security.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7ae79 elementor-button-info elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0c7ae79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-sink\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/about\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3471c52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3471c52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a909892 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a909892\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7fb95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb7fb95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Inside Story of the Sri Lanka\u2019s Easter Massacre<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9d2a1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3c9d2a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea21eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea21eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: #1c1c1f; 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With the rise of global terrorism as a preeminent national security threat, I have taken the initiative and effort and authored a series of three handbooks on terrorism. <br \/><br \/>They are:<br \/>1. Handbook of Terrorism in Africa together with Dr C. Nna-Emeka Okereke (Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)<br \/>2. Handbook of Terrorism in the Middle East (Published by World Scientific Publishing, 2022)<br \/>3. Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific with Stefanie Kam (Published by World Scientific Publishing, 2016)<\/p><p>The latest book on Africa is timely due to the rise of terrorism in the continent. 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Brian, my guest, is the founding father of counter-terrorism! In our hour-long conversation we talk about the origins, evolution, and enduring challenges of modern terrorism and counter-terrorism. \n\nBrian Jenkins is a founding figure in the systematic study of terrorism. He is also a former U.S. Special Forces soldier and long-time RAND analyst. \n\nI encourage everyone working in national and international security \u2013 whether as researchers, policymakers, law enforcement officers, or political leaders \u2013 to study what Brian has to say. 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Brian, my guest, is the founding father of counter-terrorism! In our hour-long conversation we talk about the origins, evolution, and enduring challenges of modern terrorism and counter-terrorism. \n\nBrian Jenkins is a founding figure in the systematic study of terrorism. He is also a former U.S. Special Forces soldier and long-time RAND analyst. \n\nI encourage everyone working in national and international security \u2013 whether as researchers, policymakers, law enforcement officers, or political leaders \u2013 to study what Brian has to say. 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The meeting at the Istana was like a teacher-student conversation. His mind was razor sharp! In one hour, he asked me 30 questions. And I had to respond promptly.  \n\nHe asked me my why I relocated from St. Andrews University in Scotland to Singapore. I said that \u201cSoutheast Asia will be the next field of Al Qaeda led operations\u201d. \n\nHe asked me for my threat forecast of the regional threat. I said, \u201cterrorists are planning to attack entertainment venues in Southeast Asia.\u201d \n\nHe disagreed with me and said, \u201cNo, the attacks will be in the Middle East where the terrorists want to take control of the oil fields\u201d. He added, \u201cthe terrorists want to dictate politics to the west\u201d. \n\nI said according to intelligence reporting, \u201cthe Al Qaeda point-man in the region, Hambali met Mohomad Mansour Jabarah, who has surveilled Singapore\u2019s diplomatic and other targets\u201d, and, added \u201cthat they are planning to conduct strike in the region.\u201d \n\nMr. Lee\u2019s face turned pale and ears became red. He got up, and, the meeting ended abruptly. \nMr. Lee was worried because Singapore had disrupted an Al Qaeda-Jemaah Islamiyah plan to hit U.S., British, Australian and Israeli diplomatic missions. However, in the region, there was another attack in the making.\n\nThat night, Mr. Lee\u2019s Principal Private Secretary Andrew Tan called me. I was at home. He asked if I could send a note on the pending attack to Mr. Lee. I said, of course. \n\nBased on a U.S. and Canadian debriefing of a foreign terrorist fighter tasked by the 9\/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohamed to surveil targets in Singapore and in the Philippines, I wrote that the threat of an attack in the region was imminent. Quoting from the intelligence reports, I stated that the terrorists want to bomb \u201cbars, night clubs and restaurants\u201d in the region. After years of witnessing suffering and death from terrorism, I said that governments in the ASEAN region too lacked the political will to act preventively and preemptively to disrupt and dismantle the terrorist networks. \n\nTwo week after I wrote to Mr. Lee of an attack in the making, Southeast Asia witnessed its worst terrorist attack. On October 12, 2002, the al Qaeda funded, trained and directed Jemaah Islamiyah bombed the Paddy and Sari night clubs killing 202 and injuring 500.  \n\nI flew to Bali to assist my Indonesian and Australian colleagues. Mr. Lee wanted to see me again. When we met at the Istana, Mr. Lee said, \u201cMy highest priority is to protect Singapore\u201d.  \n\nIn his face, I could see Mr. Lee\u2019s resolve and commitment to fight a fierce, ruthless and merciless threat. \n\nHe was determined and was willing to do what it takes. We discussed his concerns and he asked me what should Singapore do to secure its national security. \n\nI said, \u201cthe terrorists wants to turn Southeast Asia into the second front\u201d. \u201cUnless the leaders work together and develop a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism\u201d, I added, \u201cthe region will move from crisis to chaos\u201d. \n\nHe wanted the terrorists to be stopped. \n\nAs Singapore had no strategic depth, I said the future security of Singapore depends on the threat in the region. As Indonesia is the largest country in the region, we should assist Jakarta to take the lead and develop a strategy to dismantle the active terrorist networks on their soil. As the terrorists were determined to strike Singapore, Mr. Lee engaged leaders both in the region and beyond. \n\nIn an interview with Charlie Rose in New York, Mr. Lee spoke about our meetings. See full video link at 8:10 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ngtDgPmzLbM\n\nRead my full tribute on my website here: https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/a-tribute-to-lee-kuan-yew-on-singapores-61st-birthday\/\">\n\n                <div class=\"sby_thumbnail_hover sby_item_video_thumbnail_hover\">\n                    <div class=\"sby_thumbnail_hover_inner\">\n                                                    <span class=\"sby_video_title\" >Lee Kuan Yew on the Threat of Terrorism and Rohan Gunaratna<\/span>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"sby_play_btn\" >\n                        <span class=\"sby_play_btn_bg\"><\/span>\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fab\" data-icon=\"youtube\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-youtube fa-w-18\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M549.655 124.083c-6.281-23.65-24.787-42.276-48.284-48.597C458.781 64 288 64 288 64S117.22 64 74.629 75.486c-23.497 6.322-42.003 24.947-48.284 48.597-11.412 42.867-11.412 132.305-11.412 132.305s0 89.438 11.412 132.305c6.281 23.65 24.787 41.5 48.284 47.821C117.22 448 288 448 288 448s170.78 0 213.371-11.486c23.497-6.321 42.003-24.171 48.284-47.821 11.412-42.867 11.412-132.305 11.412-132.305s0-89.438-11.412-132.305zm-317.51 213.508V175.185l142.739 81.205-142.739 81.201z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg>                    <\/div>\n                                <span class=\"sby_loader sby_hidden\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><\/span>\n            <\/a>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sby_item  sby_new sby_transition\" id=\"sby_VVVkeWtHTnJTZUp2bGRZNGtPampXODlnLlNMYnZuMzAwcXJv\" data-date=\"1784861101\" data-video-id=\"SLbvn300qro\">\n    <div class=\"sby_inner_item\">\n        <div class=\"sby_video_thumbnail_wrap sby_item_video_thumbnail_wrap\">\n            <a class=\"sby_video_thumbnail sby_item_video_thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SLbvn300qro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-full-res=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/SLbvn300qro\/maxresdefault.jpg\" data-img-src-set=\"{&quot;120&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i.ytimg.com\\\/vi\\\/SLbvn300qro\\\/default.jpg&quot;,&quot;320&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i.ytimg.com\\\/vi\\\/SLbvn300qro\\\/mqdefault.jpg&quot;,&quot;480&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i.ytimg.com\\\/vi\\\/SLbvn300qro\\\/hqdefault.jpg&quot;,&quot;640&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i.ytimg.com\\\/vi\\\/SLbvn300qro\\\/sddefault.jpg&quot;}\" data-video-id=\"SLbvn300qro\" data-video-title=\"Phillipines ignored the threat &amp; paid the price!\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/feeds-for-youtube\/img\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"Avoiding conversations about threats to security, especially by political leaders, religious leaders, and law enforcement is a dangerous and foolish mode of operating. Security is security and preventing political violence and terrorism is imperative!\n\nCountries like the Philippines are actively preventing and combating violent extremism, illicit drug movement, crime, and terror.\n\nThis is a video snippet off my address to the Filipino national security community at PROTECT 2026 in the Philippines.\n\nRohan Gunaratna\">\n\n                <div class=\"sby_thumbnail_hover sby_item_video_thumbnail_hover\">\n                    <div class=\"sby_thumbnail_hover_inner\">\n                                                    <span class=\"sby_video_title\" >Phillipines ignored the threat &amp; paid the price!<\/span>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"sby_play_btn\" >\n                        <span class=\"sby_play_btn_bg\"><\/span>\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fab\" data-icon=\"youtube\" role=\"img\" 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