Marian Leighton

Dr. Leighton, a retired intelligence officer and terrorism specialist, is uniquely qualified to address the problem of terrorism going forward. She has a PhD in international relations from Columbia University and has focused on terrorist and counterterrorist issues both in the intelligence community and the private sector during her long career. Dr. Leighton’s most recent publication is Two American Crusades: Actors and Factors in the Cold War and the War on Terrorism, published in 2020.