Scott Stewart supervises Stratfor's analysis of terrorism and security issues. Before joining Stratfor, he was a special agent with the U.S. State Department for 10 years and was involved in hundreds of terrorism investigations.
Mr. Stewart was the lead State Department investigator assigned to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the follow-up New York City bomb plot. He also led a team of American agents assisting the Argentine investigation of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires and was involved in investigations following a series of attacks and attempted attacks by the Iraqi intelligence service during the first Gulf War.
Mr. Stewart was deputy regional security officer in Guatemala City and was responsible for embassy and diplomatic security at that post as well as in Belize City. As protective intelligence coordinator for Dell, he served as a member of Michael Dell's executive protective team. He has also consulted on terrorism issues for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
He is regularly featured as a security expert in leading media outlets, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN International, NPR, Reuters, USA Today, The Associated Press, World Magazine, Fox News, Discovery Channel and Time magazine.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Newly revealed Department of Justice documents lay bare the extent of Beijing's efforts to acquire information and technology at any cost. Now, recognizing the scale of the threat, Washington is looking to fight back.
The investigation into a recent wave of parcel bombs to Democrats and other liberals suggests that the prime suspect never intended to kill anybody, but that doesn't mean he wasn't trying to sow terror.
A series of improvised explosive devices have been mailed to individuals criticized by U.S. President Donald Trump. So far, none has detonated, but the campaign appears to be far from over.
Mexico's burgeoning economy has enabled criminal elements to grow in symbiosis, utilizing the country's transport infrastructure to expand volume. But the tendrils of organized crime are now damaging the host.
U.S. authorities have charged Chinese operative Xu Yanjun with attempting to steal jet technology from an American company. Now, his capture has shone a light on how Beijing conducts its industrial spying activities.
After U.S., Dutch and U.K. security officials announce the arrests and indictments of several Russian agents, open source investigators dig up the true identities of some of them, as well as information embarrassing to the intelligence agency.
Just about everybody uses social media, but too few truly understand it. That's why those looking to protect their organizations from hackers and other assailants would do well to grasp the ins and outs of such applications.
The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion is responsible for much of the violence plaguing Mexico, but removing its leader is unlikely to give the country the respite it needs.
Even before the 9/11 attacks that shocked the United States 17 years ago, the country was fighting a war against Islamic extremism. And without victory in the ideological sphere, it's a war that won't end soon.
When visiting potentially hostile regions, leave the bright clothes, the high-end electronics and the loud mouth at home -- and fade into the crowd.
Stratfor Threat Lens VP of Tactical Analysis Scott Stewart tells the Los Angeles Times that rising violence is connected to fracturing cartels as the government removes their leadership.
Groups like the Islamic State might be battered and bruised on the battlefield, but because they're in it for the long haul, military defeats are nothing but temporary setbacks.
