Ayse Selma Yilmaz

Ayse Selma Yilmaz is a graduate student in the Global Security Studies program at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in Strategic Studies. She previously served as a research analyst at the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC), where she contributed to the U.S. State Department’s congressionally mandated Statistical Annex for the Annual Country Reports on Terrorism. With more than three years of experience tracking and analyzing terrorist activity, her research focuses in the Middle East. Her areas of expertise include Iran-backed armed groups, particularly the Houthis, as well as jihadist organizations such as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).