Jenna Jordan
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Faculty Athletics Representative
- School of International Affairs
- Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy
- ADVANCE IAC
Overview
Jenna Jordan is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago, M.A. in Political Science from Stanford University, and B.A. in International Relations from Mills College. She previously held a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. Her book, Leadership Decapitation: Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations, published with Stanford University Press evaluates the efficacy of leadership targeting as a counterterrorism strategy. Her research focuses on terrorism and political violence, international security, cybersecurity, wargaming, organizational theory, leadership, and statecraft. Her work has been published in International Security, Security Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, The Journal of Cybersecurity, International Area Studies Review, International Trends, The Washington Quarterly, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, the CTC Sentinel, and others. She is on the editorial board of the Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict. Her research has been supported by grants from the University of Chicago, the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the U.S. Russia Foundation.
Interests
- Emerging Technology and Security
- Foreign Policy
- Non-Traditional Security Challenges
- Politics
- Social Movements
- Strategy
- Terrorism
Courses
- INTA-1110: Intro to Int'l Relations
- INTA-2001: Careers In Intl Affairs
- INTA-3103: Challenge of Terrorism
- INTA-3110: U.S. Foreign Policy
- INTA-3301: Int'l Political Econ
- INTA-3803: Special Topics
- INTA-4014: Scenario and Pathgaming
- INTA-4694: Job Shadow Experience
- INTA-6014: Scenario and Path Gaming
- INTA-6103: International Security
- INTA-6106: The State-Intl Affairs
- INTA-6111: US Foreign Secur Strat
- INTA-8010: IAST Ph.D. Proseminar
Publications
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Statecraft in US-Russian Relations: Meaning, Dilemmas, and Significance
In: International Trends (Russia) [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2021
- How Small States Acquire Power: A Social Network Analysis
In: International Area Studies Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2018
- How to Give Counterterrorism a Fighting Chance
In: The National Interest
Date: 2017
- The Strategic Illogic of Counterterrorism Policy
In: The Washington Quarterly [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2016
Internet Publications
- How to Give Counterterrorism a Fighting Chance
In: The National Interest
Date: January 2017
All Publications
Books
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation
Journal Articles
- Statecraft in US-Russian Relations: Meaning, Dilemmas, and Significance
In: International Trends (Russia) [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2021
- How Small States Acquire Power: A Social Network Analysis
In: International Area Studies Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2018
- How to Give Counterterrorism a Fighting Chance
In: The National Interest
Date: 2017
- The Strategic Illogic of Counterterrorism Policy
In: The Washington Quarterly [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2016
- “Explaining Terrorist Group Resilience to Leadership Targeting”
In: International Security [Peer Reviewed]
- “When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation”
In: Security Studies [Peer Reviewed]
Internet Publications
- How to Give Counterterrorism a Fighting Chance
In: The National Interest
Date: January 2017
Other Publications
- “An ISIS Containment Doctrine,” The National Interest, June 14, 2016 with Jenna Jordan
Date: June 2016
- Can Al-Qa`ida Survive Bin Ladin’s Death? Evaluating Leadership Decapitation”
- “Can al-Qaida Survive Without bin Laden?”
- “How the U.S. Can Finish Off al-Qaeda,
- “Killing al-Qaeda?”
- “When Leaders Die, Terror Still Thrives,