Rohan Gunaratna

Rohan Gunaratna is the head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is an international terrorism expert and author of the acclaimed Inside Al Qaeda (Columbia University Press, May 2002).

Sri Lanka’s challenge: winning the peace

The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers / LTTE) on 18 May 2009 has brought the twenty-six-year-old Sri Lankan conflict to an end. The immediate legacy

By Rohan Gunaratna

/ 27 May 2009

A necessary act

The Philippines' landmark anti-terror law - the Human Security Act - came into effect on 15 July, 2007. If applied judiciously, this long-overdue law can help the Philippines better

By Rohan Gunaratna and Kenneth George Pereire

/ 26 Jul 2007