Jaan S. Islam is a research associate at Emertec R&D based in Halifax, Canada. He has been active in research on topics ranging from international relations to political theory, and is the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Political Theory. His previous works include Reconstituting the Curriculum (New York: Wiley, 2013), as well as papers in philosophy, history, political science, and comparative religion. His latest book on international relations and terrorism is entitled True Islam, Jihad, and Terrorism: the Science of Islamic Foreign Policy (New York: Nova Publishers, 2016).