Dr. Bob East, also known as Robert East, is an Australian author, specializing in terrorism, insurgency, and counterinsurgency in the southern Philippines, a region he has traveled to on a number of occasions. He is an independent researcher who graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has written extensively about terrorism and has addressed international conferences. He can be contacted on eastr@bigpond.com
For terrorism - in whatever form, or in whatever location - to be successful it…