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Hosted by the United States Institute of Peace, the RESOLVE Network Annual Forum is one of the most highly anticipated events of the early fall season in Washington, DC. Drawing an in-person audience of over 200 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, the full day conference is devoted to elevating the expert knowledge-base on violent extremism through intimate discussions and panels showcasing cutting edge research and interventions. Forum attendees also have the opportunity to engage in person and online with representatives from our 21 Network Partners and members of the RESOLVE Network Research Advisory Group.  

This year we are excited to host a star-studded lineup of top experts from an array of institutions, disciplines, and approaches to contextualizing, understanding and addressing violent extremism. Scroll down to see a selection of our key speakers for the Second Annual RESOLVE Network Forum.  

Geneive Abdo

Author, The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide

Geneive Abdo is the author of The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a--Sunni Divide, and is a lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Abdo was formerly a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution. She served as the liaison officer for the Alliance of Civilizations, a United Nations initiative established by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan that aims to improve relations between Islamic and Western societies. She joined the United Nations after a 20-year career as a foreign correspondent focused on coverage of the Middle East and the Muslim world. From 1998 to 2001, she was the Iran correspondent for the British newspaper The Guardian and a regular contributor to The Economist and The International New York Times (formerly the International Herald Tribune). She was the first American journalist to be based in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Abdo is the author of No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam (2000), Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After9/11, (2006), the monograph The New Sectarianism (Saban Center for Middle East Policy, 2013), and co-author of Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran (2003).

Dr. John Horgan 

Professor, Global Studies Institute, Georgia State University

John Horgan is a Professor in the Global Studies Institute and Department of Psychology at Georgia State University. He has a PhD in applied psychology and his research focuses on understanding psychological qualities of the pathways into, through, and out of terrorism.

Professor Horgan is one of the world’s leading experts on terrorist psychology and his current research examines the psychology of religious converts and their involvement in violent extremism, and the processes by which children become involved in terrorist organizations. His work is widely published, with books including The Psychology of Terrorism, Divided We Stand: The Strategy and Psychology of Ireland’s Dissident Terrorists; Walking Away from Terrorism, Leaving Terrorism Behind, and Terrorism Studies: A Reader. He is Editor of the journal Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict and serves on the Editorial Boards of several further journals, including Legal and Criminological Psychology, Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Journal of Strategic Security.

Stay tuned for more Forum highlights as we get closer to September 27th.

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