On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 12:15PM to 1:30PM in the LBJ School's SRH 3.122, the Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project will host a public talk, “HOT SPOT BRIEFING – Inconvenient Truth: The Global Jihadi Threat,” with Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown, former UK ambassador to Yemen. Professor Paul Pope, ISP Senior Fellow and LBJ School Professor, will moderate the talk.
- Registration is RECOMMENDED. Registrants will receive any updates regarding the event.
- Garage parking is available for a fee at the Manor Garage and the San Jacinto Garage. Parking will not be validated.
BIOGRAPHY
Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown is currently Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project. He also works part-time for the Foundation for Defence of Democracies and holds a number of advisory or fellowship positions with other institutes and think-tanks. He previously completed a full career with the UK foreign service, culminating as Ambassador to Yemen in 2015-2017. He then joined the United Nations and served for five years as Coordinator of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning the Islamic State, al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He is married to a Texan and is based in Austin. He has three adult children.