Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History

Dr Max Abrahms is assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University and the author of Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History (2018).

He frequently fields interviews about terrorism and counterterrorism with the Atlantic, Associated Press, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, CNN International, Newsweek, New York Times, Voice of America, Washington Post, and other media outlets. He has held fellowships and other affiliations with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the Empirical Studies of Conflict project at Princeton University, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Military Academy, the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University, the Center for the Study of Terrorism in Rome, the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, the economics department at Bar Ilan University, the political science department at Johns Hopkins University, and the Belfer Center at Harvard University.

Abrahms advises government agencies such as the National Intelligence Council, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center.

This is a public lecture organised by the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. The lecture will take place in School V, St Salvator's Quadrangle, and is presented by Dr Max Abrahms