Dr. Michael Dartnell is a specialist on terrorism and new forms of conflict. He is the author of a book, Action directe: Ultra-left terrorism in France, 1979-1987 (Frank Cass: 1995) and articles on Web activism in Peru, Northern Ireland, and Afghanistan, political violence in France and Northern Ireland, international law and terrorism, and terrorism and globalization. He is completing a book, Insurgency Online: New Global Conflict, which examines how global communication and Web activism are used by anti-government organizations in many settings, including Afghanistan, Palestine, Northern Ireland, and Peru.

Dr. Dartnell is currently on leave.