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Olivier Guitta is a Europe-based Security and Risk consultant.
His clients include private companies, government agencies, financial institutions, law firms and think tanks.
He has briefed some 2008 US presidential candidates on counterterrorism.
He also testified for the European Union Parliament.
He is a contributing expert to the Counterterrorism blog (www.counterterrorismblog.org), picked by US News and World Report as one of the best blogs of 2006.
He has also appeared on BBC, CNN, Fox News, National Public Radio, Canadian TV, Al Hurra, CBN and ABC radio to name a few.
He lectures around the country mostly on Radical Islam and terrorism. He guest lectured at the National Defense University in Washington DC.
His daily reading of the Arabic, European, Israeli and US press, combined with the business experience acquired throughout his financial years, give him a different perspective on world events. He uses various tools, including open-source, quantitative research and his own sources to shape his analysis.
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His articles on Radical Islam and terrorism in the Middle East, Europe and Africa have been published in numerous outlets (see links below), including the Weekly Standard, Jane's, The Examiner, Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, The Middle East Times, Middle East Quarterly, Journal of International Security Affairs, National Post (Canada), Valeurs Actuelles (France), Asia Times (Honk Kong), The National (UAE), Jerusalem Post, New York Press etc...
He has written in depth studies on Hezbollah for the Brookings Institution, on France's Arab policy for the Middle East Quarterly, on Euro-US cooperation on terrorism for the American Legislative Exchange Council.
He has been quoted in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, New York Sun, Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, National Defense, The Daily Express (London), El Pais (Spain), Jyllands Posten (Denmark), Diaro De Noticias (Portugal), Wiener Zeitung (Austria), Capital Weekly (Bulgaria).
His works have been translated in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.
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He was born in Morocco and lived then in Spain, France and Germany before moving to the United States in 1992.
He has a Finance MBA from a French business school and a Masters in economics from the University of Cologne, Germany.
He speaks four languages and has over a decade of experience in international banking and portfolio management with two major firms in New York and Miami.
After September 11, he decided to switch careers and devote his life to fighting the war of ideas. He moved to the Washington D.C. area in 2004 before returning to Europe in 2010.
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Latest Articles and Interviews By Olivier Guitta:
"Turmoil and dissent in AQIM"
12/27/2010
The National
"The Muslim Brotherhood parties in the MENA region"
December 2010 (written in February 2010)
Center for European Studies
"Bin Laden shows and uncommon focus on France"
11/04/2010
The National
"Dark Days for Christians in Morocco"
4/25/2010
Global Post
"Jihad against Switzerland"
4/17/2010
The Weekly Standard
"Mali, a new al-Qaeda haven?"
2/20/2010
Global Post
"Assad on top of the world"
2/18/2010
Khaleej Times
"Interview with VOA on Syria Part 2"
2/17/2010
VOA
"Interview with VOA on Syria Part 1"
2/17/2010
VOA
"Interview with NPR on Iran's Nuclear Program Part 2"
11/16/2009
NPR
"Interview with NPR on Iran's Nuclear Program Part 1"
11/16/2009
NPR
"Iran and Saudi Arabia"
11/12/2009
The Examiner
"Iran and Saudi Arabia drawn to Yemen"
11/11/2009
Asia Times
"Interview with VOA on North African cooperation" (in French)
8/15/2009
VOA
"Lebanon on shaky ground again"
7/26/2009
The Middle East Times
"Veiled threat"
7/20/2009
The Weekly Standard
"Misreading elections result in Morocco"
7/13/2009
The Middle East Times
"A new way to pressure Iran"
7/06/2009
The Middle East Times
"Forgotten Somalia"
6/29/2009
The Middle East Times
"Have the Islamists won in Algeria?"
6/25/2009
The Examiner
"Interview with Al Hurra on Somalia" (in Arabic)
6/24/2009
Al Hurra
"Iran advancing its pawns"
6/22/2009
The Middle East Times
"Interview with VOA on AQIM's attack in Algeria" (in French)
6/18/2009
VOA
"Iran and the Arab world are on a collision course"
5/11/2009
The Examiner
"Pakistani madrasas are the world's problems"
5/03/2009
The Middle East Times
"Tackling the Afghanistan-Pakistan problem: Part 3"
4/13/2009
The Middle East Times
"Interview with Al Hurra on Algeria" (in Arabic)
4/09/2009
Al Hurra
"Tackling the Afghanistan-Pakistan problem: Part 2"
4/06/2009
The Middle East Times
"Interview with Al Hurra on Afpak" (in Arabic)
3/31/2009
Al Hurra
"Tackling the Afghanistan-Pakistan problem: Part 1"
3/30/2009
The Middle East Times
"Interview with CTV on Obama's plan for Afghanistan"
3/27/2009
CTV
"Gulf Scream"
3/23/2008
The Weekly Standard
"Which way will the wind blow from Damascus?"
3/18/2009
The Middle East Times
"Playing the Russian card against Iran"
3/11/2009
The Middle East Times
"Sharia's inroads around the world"
3/02/2009
The Middle East Times
"Saudi Arabia facing homegrown terrorism"
2/25/2009
The Examiner
"Interview with CTV on Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb"
2/18/2009
CTV
"United against Islamists?"
2/09/2009
The Middle East Times
"Last chance for diplomacy"
2/02/2009
The Middle East Times
"Al Qaeda and the Plague"
1/27/2009
The Middle East Times
"The Middle East war comes to Europe"
1/19/2009
The Middle East Times
"A third Lebanon war?"
1/12/2009
The Middle East Times
"The next dangerous phase of the Gaza war"
1/05/2009
The Middle East Times
"Iran activating its proxies"
12/29/2008
The Middle East Times
"2009's most pressing international isssue: Iran"
12/22/2008
The Middle East Times
"Europe in the eye of the storm"
12/15/2008
The Middle East Times
"The Moroccan terror connection"
12/08/2008
The Middle East Times
"Mumbai: Islamist terror's new modus operandi"
12/01/2008
The Middle East Times
"Hezbollah, an imminent danger"
11/17/2008
The Middle East Times
"Planning an invasion of Lebanon?"
11/10/2008
The Middle East Times
"What is Assad's next move?"
11/03/2008
The Middle East Times
"It is clutch time for Syria"
10/27/2008
The Middle East Times
"Pakistan's other front"
10/13/2008
The Middle East Times
"House Cleaning in Damascus?"
10/06/2008
The Middle East Times
"Iran's nefarious plans for the Gulf"
9/29/2008
The Middle East Times
"Al Qaeda uses Yemen as springboard"
9/24/2008
Asia Times
"It's a mistake when the U.S. and Al Qaeda agree"
9/23/2008
The National
"Israeli attack on Iran timed between November and January?"
9/8/2008
The Middle East Times
"Algeria fooling itself over Al Qaeda"
9/1/2008
The Middle East Times
"Al Qaeda's opportunistic strategy: Part 3"
8/18/2008
The Middle East Times
"Al Qaeda's opportunistic strategy: Part 2"
8/11/2008
The Middle East Times
"Al Qaeda's opportunistic strategy: Part 1"
8/4/2008
The Middle East Times
"Is Assad bluffing?"
7/28/2008
The Middle East Times
"Iran's aggressive proselytizing campaign"
7/21/2008
The Middle East Times
"Use the energy weapon to avert war"
7/14/2008
The Middle East Times
"The Syrian riddle"
7/7/2008
The Middle East Times
"The Lebanese powder keg"
6/30/2008
The Middle East Times
"Iran's ability to avoid sanctions"
6/23/2008
The Middle East Times
"Ahmadinejad's past tells it all"
6/2/2008
The Middle East Times
"Cracks in al-Qaida's spiritual leadership"
5/25/2008
The Middle East Times
"The next battlefield: Ceuta and Melilla?"
5/19/2008
The Middle East Times
"Expected and undisturbed Hezbollah coup"
5/12/2008
The Middle East Times
"Increasing Domestic Turmoil in Iran"
5/5/2008
The Middle East Times
"Interview on the Michael Reagan Show"
4/30/2008
"Switzerland siding with Iran?"
4/28/2008
The Middle East Times
"Europe facing radicalization over the web"
4/21/2008
The Middle East Times
"Interview on the Michael Reagan Show"
4/17/2008
"What's going on in Syria?"
4/14/2008
The Middle East Times
"Proof of Iran's military nuclear program"
4/7/2008
The Middle East Times
"Al Qaeda waning on 10th birthday"
3/31/2008
The Middle East Times
"AQIM's new kidnapping strategy"
3/24/2008
The Middle East Times
"Trouble brewing in the Gulf"
3/17/2008
The Middle East Times
"Being a Christian in the Maghreb"
3/10/2008
The Middle East Times
"What is Qatar up to?"
2/25/2008
The Middle East Times
"Was Syria involved in Mugnieh's death?"
2/18/2008
The Middle East Times
"Danger from Canada"
2/11/2008
The Middle East Times
"Save Lebanon from Syria and Iran"
2/4/2008
The Middle East Times
"The Canadian Peril"
2/4/2008
The Weekly Standard
"Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's dilemma"
1/28/2008
The Middle East Times
"Europe faces up to Iran"
1/17/2008
Asia Times
"Does the Taliban rule in Pakistan?"
1/07/2008
The Middle East Times
"Musharraf's dangerous liaisons"
1/02/2008
The Middle East Times
"Cultural weapons that radicalize Europe's Muslims"
12/24/2007
In Focus
"The Maghreb: Al Qaeda's new major front?"
12/24/2007
The Middle East Times
"Hezbollah in Beirut driver's seat"
12/03/2007
The Middle East Times
"First target for Iran: Qatar"
11/26/2007
The Middle East Times
"Iran's secret Syrian plan"
11/19/2007
The Middle East Times
"Proposed Yemen-Djibouti Bridge Threatens AFRICOM Security" with Chris Heffelfinger
10/11/2007
Jamestown Terrorism Monitor
"Africa is the next stage of the war"
10/06/2007
The Examiner
"The bad guys you don't know"
10/01/2007
The Weekly Standard
"The Moroccan Islamist Party: the PJD"
09/18/2007
Hudson Institute
"Cuckoo Clocks and Jihadists"
07/16/2007
The Weekly Standard
"Soft Targets"
05/18/07
The Weekly Standard
"Alive and Well and Living in London"
05/07/07
The Weekly Standard
"Sarkozy the American?"
05/02/07
The Weekly Standard
"Morocco Under Fire"
03/30/07
The Weekly Standard
"Another front on the Sunni-Shiite war"
02/28/07
The Examiner
"Sanctions Against Iran Would Work"
02/19/07
The Weekly Standard
"Terror in the Maghreb"
02/14/07
The Weekly Standard
"Plan B: Syria's forgotten - but dangerous - nuclear program"
12/28/06
The Examiner
"The Veil Controversy"
12/04/06
The Weekly Standard
"The State Department was right"
10/16/06
The Weekly Standard
"The Islamization of Morocco"
10/02/06
The Weekly Standard
"The French Connection"
08/07/06
The Weekly Standard
"Nasrallah's other fight"
07/29/06
Asia Times
"The New Battle of Algeria"
07/22/06
The Weekly Standard
"The Cartoon Jihad"
02/20/06
The Weekly Standard
"Al Qaeda ... in Lebanon"
02/16/06
TCS Daily
"Paris When It Sizzles"
11/14/05
The Weekly Standard
"France's Lost Territories"
11/09/05
New York Press
"France and Hizbullah: The End of the Affair"
11/1/05
The Brookings Institution
"The Chirac Doctrine"
Fall 2005
The Middle East Quarterly
"Homegrown Gangstas"
09/23/05
The Weekly Standard
"The Islamization of French schools"
05/09/05
The Weekly Standard
"A Nation At Risk"
04/20/05
The Weekly Standard
"Mugged By La realite"
04/11/05
The Weekly Standard
"Wahhabis, Go Home"
03/07/05
The Weekly Standard
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