Loretta Napoleoni was a Fulbright scholar at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC and a Rotary Scholar at the London School of Economics. As an economist she worked for several banks and international organizations in Europe and the US. Ms Napoleoni is also a journalist and has [...]

The attacks this past week in Jordan and the claim of responsibility by al-Qaida in Iraq have brought renewed attention to that group’s Jordanian-born leader, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. The bombings touched off protests by Jordanians, who called for the denouncement of Al-Zarqawi. Liane Hansen speaks with Loretta Napoleoni, the author of Insurgent Iraq: Al-Zarqawi and [...]