William McCants

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Director, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World | Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Will McCants

William McCants is a fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and has served in government and think tank positions related to Islam, the Middle East, and terrorism, including as State Department senior adviser for countering violent extremism. | View Full Bio

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Experience

Current Positions

  • Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins University Krieger School
  • Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Policy Institute, George Washington University

Past Positions

  • Research Scientist, Center for Naval Analyses
  • Senior Adviser to Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
  • Program Manager of the Minerva Initiative for the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense
  • Research Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
  • Senior Analyst, SAIC
  • Fellow, Combating Terrorism Center, West Point
  • Adjunct Faculty, New Brunswick Seminary

Education

  • M.A. and Ph.D. Princeton University (Near Eastern Studies)
  • M.A. University of Arizona (Near Eastern Studies)
  • B.S. Lander University (History)

Language Fluency

  • Arabic
  • Persian

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