Tom Wilson

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Tom Wilson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Security and Extremism Unit at Policy Exchange. Tom specialises in the study of extremist groups and counter-terrorism strategy. His previous research has focused on the growth of extremism in the UK as well as terrorist organisations in the Middle East. He regularly appears on broadcast media and has written for various national and international publications including the New York Times, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Spectator, Standpoint, and The National Interest. His recent study Terrorism In The West: An Age of Extremes was published in November 2018.

Extremism Rebellion

by Tom Wilson | Jul 16, 2019

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Islamophobia – Crippling Counter Terrorism

by Tom Wilson | Apr 29, 2019

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