Ian M. Cuthbertson

CUTHBERTSON--Ian M. Senior Fellow of the World Policy Institute and Director of its Counterterrorism Program, died February 26, 2009, after complications from surgery. He was 51 years old. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 9, 1957, Mr. Cuthbertson began his career in the United Kingdom's Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He came to the United States in 1986 as a Resident Fellow at the Institute for East-West Security Studies and remained at the Institute, becoming its Vice President of Programs in 1992. He later served as Editorial Director and Executive Vice President of the publishing company TV Books. His work at the World Policy Institute, which he joined in 1994, and as a consultant to businesses and philanthropies worldwide, focused well before September 11 on the imminent threats posed by both international and domestic terrorism and Islamist terrorist networks in particular. Mr. Cuthbertson was the author and editor of numerous books and articles on American and European foreign and defense policy, Russian and transatlantic security issues, and military history, and was a sought-after commentator on television and radio programs around the world. A graduate of the University of Stirling and the University of Aberdeen, Mr. Cuthbertson is survived by his wife, Helen Wen, and sister, Susan Cuthbertson Shaw, as well as several nieces and nephews. He will be deeply missed by many friends and colleagues in the United States and Europe. The family will announce the date of the memorial service.