2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellows
Louise I. Shelley
Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and University Professor, George Mason University
Louise Shelley is the Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and University Professor at George Mason University. She directs the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), and is a leading expert on the relationship among terrorism, organized crime and corruption as well as human trafficking, transnational crime and terrorism with a particular focus on the former Soviet Union.
Publications:
Project Title: Illicit Trade: Global Challenge
In the News:
- Shining a Light on “Dark Commerce” (The American Interest)
- Trafficking in Persons Report: 15 Years Later (Harvard Political Review)
- Interrupting Funding to Terrorist Groups (Marketplace)
- ISIS’ Members Depend on Petty Crime to Function in Europe (NYTimes)
- A Hazy Crisis: Illicit Cigarette Smuggling In the OSCE Region (Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe)
- Illicit Online Opioid Vendors (C-SPAN)
