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Bruce Hoffman of Council on Global Terrorism

Bruce Hoffman of Council on Global TerrorismBruce Hoffman
Georgetown University
Washington, DC/USA

Dr. Bruce Hoffman has been studying terrorism and insurgency for thirty years. He recently was appointed Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Dr. Hoffman previously held the Corporate Chair in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency at the RAND Corporation and is also the former Director of RAND's Washington, D.C. office. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Hoffman served as RAND's Vice President for External Affairs and in 2004 he also was Acting Director of RAND's Center for Middle East Public Policy. Dr. Hoffman was Senior Adviser on Counterterrorism to the Office of National Security Affairs, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, Iraq during the spring of 2004, and from 2004-2005 was an adviser on counterinsurgency to the Strategy, Plans, and Analysis Office at Multi-National Forces-Iraq Headquarters, Baghdad.

Dr. Hoffman is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; a Senior Fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; a Senior Fellow at the National Security Studies Center at Haifa University, Israel; and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he was also Reader in International Relations and Chairman of the Department of International Relations. Dr. Hoffman is Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and a member of the advisory board of Terrorism and Political Violence. He holds degrees in government, history, and international relations and received his doctorate from Oxford University. In November 1994, the Director of Central Intelligence awarded Dr. Hoffman the United States Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, the highest level of commendation given to a non-government employee which recognizes sustained superior performance of high value that distinctly benefits the interests and national security of the United States.

A revised and updated edition of his acclaimed 1998 book, Inside Terrorism, was published in May 2006 by Columbia University Press and by S. Fischer Verlag in Germany. Foreign language editions of the first edition have been published in ten countries. Dr. Hoffman is also a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly and was the author of "The Logic of Suicide Terrorism," which was the cover story of the June 2003 issue.

Books

  • Inside Terrorism Second Edition, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006; and, Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 2006), pp. 596.
  • Inside Terrorism First Edition, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998; London: Victor Gollancz, 1998; Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1999; Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1999; Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1999; Warsaw: Bertlesmann Media, 1999; Sofia, Bulgaria: Pleiada, 1999; Tokyo: Hara-Shobo, 1999; Belgrade: Academic, 2000; Moscow: Ultra.Culture Publishers, 2004; Istanbul: Archaeology and Art Publications, 2004; and, Seoul: DaiHak, 2004), pp. 288.
  • The Failure of British Military Policy Within Palestine, 1939-1947 (Ramat Gan, Israel: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1983), pp. 136

Selected Publications

RAND Corporation Reports (selected)

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • "Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 28, no. 2 (February-March 2005), pp. 19.
  • "The Changing Face of Al Qaeda and the Global War on Terrorism," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 27, no. 6 (November-December 2004), pp. 11.
  • "Terrorism, Signaling and Suicide Attack," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 27, no. 4 (July-August 2004), pp. 39 (co-author)
  • "Rethinking Terrorism and Counterterrorism Since 9/11,"Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 25, no. 5 (September-October 2002), pp. 13.
  • "Why Terrorists Don't Claim Credit," Terrorism and Political Violence, vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1997), pp. 8.
  • "Holy Terror": The Implications of Terrorism Motivated By a Religious Imperative," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 18, no. 4 (Winter 1995), pp. 13.

Articles in Policy Journals (selected)

  • "From the War on Terror to Global Counterinsurgency," Current History, vol. 105, no. 695, (December 2006), pp. 423.
  • "Al Qaeda and the War on Terrorism: An Update," Current History, vol. 103, no. 677, (December 2004), pp. 5.
  • "Is Europe Soft on Terrorism?"Foreign Policy, (Summer 1999), pp. 14.
  • "Illicit Trafficking in Nuclear Materials," Conflict Studies nos. 314/315, (London), (January/February 1999), pp. 42.
  • "The Mind of the Terrorist: Perspectives from Social Psychology," Psychiatric Annals, vol. 29, no. 6 (June 1999), pp. 337-340.

Chapters in Edited Books

  • "Al Qaeda Then and Now," in Karen J. Greenberg (ed.), Al Qaeda Now: Understanding Today's Terrorists, (Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 6.
  • "The Debate over Future Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons," in Brad Roberts (ed.), Hype or Reality? The "New Terrorism" And Mass Casualty Attacks, (Alexandria, VA: Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, 2000), pp. 14.
  • "A Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism," in Fernando Reinares (ed.), European Democracies Against Terrorism: Government Policies and Supranational Cooperation, (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2000), pp. 26.
  • "Origins and Expressions of Religious Conflict," in Hendrick Frieman (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Low Intensity Conflict, (Stockholm: Defence Research Establishment, 1995), pp. 14.

Articles and Newspaper Opinion Pieces (selected)

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