
Tom Wilson
Co-Head of the Security and Extremism Unit
Tom Wilson is the Co-Head of 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 written for various national and international publications including the New York Times, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Spectator, Standpoint, and The National Interest. His study Terrorism In The West: An Age of Extremes was published in November 2018.

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by Tom Wilson | Jul 16, 2019
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by Tom Wilson | Apr 29, 2019
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