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Malcolm Nance, a former US Navy intelligence officer and counterterrorism expert, transitioned from a distinguished military career to becoming a prominent author and media pundit. He now shares his expertise on national security, counterterrorism, and geopolitical events with a global audience.
Malcolm Nance is an advisory board member of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Nance is a former career US Naval Intelligence officer specializing in counter-terrorism, and an on-air commentator for MSNBC.
Malcolm Nance is a frequently featured speaker at the Commonwealth Club, discussing topics related to his books and expertise, such as 'The Plot to Betray America' and 'Behind the Ideology of the Trump Insurgency'.
Malcolm Nance participated in an episode titled 'Malcolm Nance and Russia's Info Warfare Attack on America | Global Tennessee | Ep 33', discussing Russia's information warfare.
Alicia Menendez interviewed Malcolm Nance about his book 'The Plot to Destroy Democracy', where he discussed his insights as a counter-terrorism analyst on the 2016 Russian hacking.
Nance has been a panelist and expert on terrorism, extremism, and insurgency for WAMC, a public radio station.
Malcolm Nance is a multiple New York Times bestselling author with Macmillan Publishers, specializing in topics of terrorism, extremism, and insurgency.
Malcolm Wrightson Nance was born in Philadelphia in 1961. He attended West Catholic Boys High School, where he developed linguistic skills in Spanish, French, Latin, Russian, and Chinese. Nance later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Excelsior University in 2011. His military career began in 1981, serving in the United States Navy for two decades until 2001. During this time, he specialized in Naval Cryptology, participating in various counter-terrorism, intelligence, and combat operations across the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and Africa. He developed expertise in intelligence and counterterrorism and became a master instructor for the Navy’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) school, training personnel in interrogation resistance and survival techniques.
After retiring from the Navy, Nance founded Special Readiness Services International (SRSI) in 2001, an intelligence support company. On September 11, 2001, he was a first responder at the Pentagon after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed, assisting in rescue and recovery efforts. He continued as an intelligence and security contractor in various international locations, including Iraq, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, and North Africa. Between 2005 and 2007, he served as a visiting lecturer on counterterrorism at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Nance also established and became the executive director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy, Tactics and Radical Ideologies (TAPSTRI), a think tank focused on counterterrorism analysis. He is also an advisory board member for the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Throughout his post-military career, Nance has authored multiple New York Times bestselling books, applying his deep understanding of intelligence and counterterrorism to public discourse. His works include “An End to al-Qaeda,” “The Terrorists of Iraq,” “Defeating ISIS,” “The Plot to Hack America,” “The Plot to Destroy Democracy,” and “The Plot to Betray America.” He has been a frequent media commentator, particularly on MSNBC, discussing national security issues. In March 2022, Nance joined the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, publicly stating his commitment to defending democracy.
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