Jason Blazakis
Jason Blazakis is an American author and academic. Blazakis wrote the first chapter on Colombia’s Intelligence Community in, "The Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean Intelligence Cultures", published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2022.[1] In 2023, Blazakis entered the Democratic primary for the House seat representing New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. [2][3]
Blazakis is an expert[according to whom?] on the Wagner Group.[4] He provided evidence on the Wagner Group for the United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.[5][6] Blazakis is sanctioned by the Government of Russia in response to this work.[7]
Blazakis teaches courses on terrorism financing, the rise of the Islamic State, and an introduction to terrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS).[8]
Education
In 1997, Blazakis graduated from the University of Mississippi with a BA in political science and government and in 2001, from the Johns Hopkins University with a MA in political science and government. In 2003 he completed an MA in International Relations and National Security Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York.[8]
Career
From 2003 to 2004, Blazakis served as a domestic intelligence analyst at the Congressional Research Service.[9]
From 2008 until 2018, Blazakis was the Director of the Counterterrorism Finance and Designations Office within the Bureau of Counterterrorism at the Department of State.[10] Blazakis was the recipient of the Superior Honor Award, Meritorious Honor Award, and the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy while working at the State Department. While working at the State Department, Blazakis taught evening courses at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College Park.[11]
In 2017, State Magazine wrote about Blazakis and how he led a U.S. delegation to meet with counterparts from the Government of India. This event was the first-ever formal exchange between the U.S. and India on terrorist designations issues.[12]
As the Director of MIIS’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC), Blazakis' team researched the impact of artificial intelligence Chatbots on the spread of disinformation.[13] Blazakis also is an author on a research paper that provides an overview of the potential malicious use of GPT-2.[14][not in citation given]
References
- ↑ [1]. The Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean Intelligence Cultures. Rowman & Littlefield, July 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/former-staten-island-congressman-endorses-blazakis/]. Former Staten Island congressman endorses Blazakis. New Jersey Globe, 6 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ [2]. Jason Blazakis joins crowded N.J. congressional primary to take on Tom Kean Jr.. Jewish Insider, 15 August 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ [3]. The Wagner Group, Sanctions, and Countering Terrorism Finance: CTF Online Symposium 12. Royal United Services Institute, 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ↑ [4]. Oral evidence: The Wagner Group, HC 167. Foreign Affairs Select Committee, 1 November 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ↑ [5]. Hearing: Countering Russia's Terroristic Mercenaries. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 9 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ↑ [6]. Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the imposition of personal sanctions against US citizens. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia), 15 May 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Jason Blazakis". Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ Jason M. Blazakis. Lawfare. 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ [7]. Middlebury Institute of International Studies, 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ↑ The Terror File. Middlebury Institute of International Studies. June 6, 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ State Magazine. United States Department of State, Issue 631. February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ↑ Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots. The New York Times, February 8, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ Release Strategies and the Social Impacts of Language Models. OpenAI Report, November 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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