Broderick McDonald

Broderick McDonald (Bluesky  – LinkedIn – X) is a conflict researcher at the University of Oxford and Kings College London’s International Centre for the Study of Radicalization. He previously lived in the Middle East and has conducted extensive fieldwork with combatants from ISIS, HTS, and other armed groups. Prior to this, Broderick served as an Advisor to the Government of Canada and was a Fellow with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). He has provided analysis for a range of international news broadcasters including ABC, CBC, BBC America, BBC World News, Al Jazeera, France24 and given expert commentary for news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Guardian, The National News, Middle East Eye, L’Orient-Le Jour, Al Arabiya, CS Monitor, and The Globe & Mail. Broderick currently serves on the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism’s (GIFCT) Independent Advisory Committee and the GLOCA Board of Advisors. He is a fellow with the Aspen Insitute UK and an Associate Member of Chatham House. Alongside his research, Broderick advises policymakers, social media platforms, and AI developers on emerging security threats from terrorist & extremist entities, non-state actors, and hostile foreign states.