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Abraham R. Wagner
International Affairs Building, Room 1337
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-6243
aw2243@columbia.edu
Biography:
Abraham Wagner teaches in the areas of national security and intelligence and is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. At SIPA, he teaches on how the evolution of technology has impacted on the use of military force, development of national security strategy, and intelligence operations. In 2009, he initiated a new course at SIPA on national intelligence estimates and their impact on national security. He also gives lectures on national security and counter-terrorism issues.
Wagner writes and consults on national and homeland security issues, with a focus on technical issues, such as the evolving threat from cyberterrorism, issues related to electronic surveillance, and nuclear proliferation. He also serves as Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism and serves as a consultant to several U.S. Government agencies.
Wagner's publications include Domestic Intelligence: Needs and Strategies (2009); Terrorism and Surveillance: The Technical and Legal Context (2007); Terrorism, Global Security and the Law (2007); Meeting the Terrorist Challenge: Coping with Failures of Leadership and Intelligence (2007); Cyber-Terrorism: Evolution and Trends (2004); a four-volume series (with Anthony Cordesman) Lessons of Modern War (Volume 1: The Middle East, Volume 2: The Falklands and Afghanistan, Volume 3: The Iran-Iraq War; and Volume 4: The Golf War), and Lebanon in Crisis (1975). He has also published several book chapters, including "Cyberterrorism and the Internet," in numerous articles, and op ed pieces for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe.
Wagner received his BA from Syracuse University; MA and PhD from the University of Rochester and JD from the University of Chicago Law School. Previously, he was an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at University of Southern California and also teaches at the Inter-Disciplinary Center in Herzilya, Israel.