Erick Stakelbeck is a sought-after authority on terrorism and national security issues with extensive experience in television, radio, print, and web media.

Stakelbeck is currently a correspondent and terrorism analyst for CBN News. He covers the global war on terror, U.S. national security, the Middle East ,and the growth of radical Islam at home and abroad for the network’s Washington, D.C. bureau. He’s also host of the bi-weekly program, Stakelbeck on Terror, which is the only show on U.S. television focusing solely on these hot button issues.

Stakelbeck produces and reports feature stories for CBN’s nationally televised news programs on issues such as Al-Qaeda’s worldwide operations, Iran’s nuclear program, the Iraq, and Afghanistan wars, Hamas, Hezbollah, and existential threats to Israel’s security, and Islamic radicalism in the United States and Europe. He has interviewed numerous lawmakers and international diplomats as well as Islamic terrorists.

Stakelbeck has made hundreds of appearances as a commentator on leading national television and radio programs. His appearances include: The O’Reilly Factor, the Sean Hannity Show, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox Weekend Live, Fox and Friends, America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Martha McCallum, America Live with Megyn Kelly, CNN Headline’s Glenn Beck Show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

He also tapes a weekly segment for The Savage Nation, the third highest rated radio talk show in America.

Stakelbeck has worked as a senior writer and analyst at the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a counterterrorism think tank founded by terrorism expert Steven Emerson. His articles on Islamic extremism, global terrorism and national security have appeared in the Wall Street Journal Europe, Weekly Standard, Washington Times, New York Post, New York Sun, Jerusalem Post, and National Review Online, among other publications.

Stakelbeck has delivered addresses at several public forums, including speeches before members of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation, the Dallas Council on Foreign Relations, ACT for America and Christians United for Israel (CUFI), among others, on terrorism and Middle East-related issues.

Stakelbeck is currently also working on a book project for Regnery publishers based on his on-the-ground experiences covering Islamic terrorism in the United States and overseas.

Stakelbeck is a graduate of Holy Family University in Philadelphia. His blog, “Stakelbeck on Terror,” can be found at CBN News.com