Ryan Shaffer

Ryan Shaffer is a Security and Intelligence Consultant specializing in extremism and security services. He is the author of 200 articles, reviews and book chapters in academic and popular publications. Shaffer has written for various international magazines including Reader's Digest and Homeland Security Today. His recent academic articles include 'Following in Footsteps: The History of Kenya's Post-Colonial Intelligence Services, ' Studies in Intelligence (2019) and 'Indian Spies inside...See more

Ryan Shaffer is a Security and Intelligence Consultant specializing in extremism and security services. He is the author of 200 articles, reviews and book chapters in academic and popular publications. Shaffer has written for various international magazines including Reader's Digest and Homeland Security Today. His recent academic articles include 'Following in Footsteps: The History of Kenya's Post-Colonial Intelligence Services, ' Studies in Intelligence (2019) and 'Indian Spies inside Pakistan: South Asian Human Intelligence Across Borders, ' Intelligence and National Security (2019). He earned his PhD from Stony Brook University in New York and is the author of Music, Youth and International Links in Post-War British Fascism: The Transformation of Extremism (Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover 2017; paperback 2020). See less