The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) welcomes Richard Barrett as a Senior Research Fellow and Strategic Consultant (based in New York). Mr. Barrett will advise CRSS on counter-terrorism, and CVE-related matters. Richard Barrett holds a Masters degree from Oxford University.

Since April 2013 he has been a Senior Vice President at the Soufan Group: A consultancy advising Governments and private sector clients on security and political risk. From March 2004 to December 2012 he worked at the United Nations (UN) in New York and before that with the British Government.

Mr Barrett has served in Canada, Jordan, Turkey, and at the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in New York. Moreover, Mr. Barrett possesses invaluable experience in CVE and counter-terrorism. He has appeared frequently on television and radio and is the author of several book chapters, articles and commentaries including op-eds for The Guardian, The New York Times, The Financial Times and The International Herald Tribune.