Bennett recently received a BA degree in Politics and International Affairs from Wake Forest University. He will start an MA degree in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) in 2018.

Previously, Bennett worked at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security and the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS).

His research interests include terrorism, sub-state conflict, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism, with a focus on the Caucasus region.