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Max Abrahms

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is an Associate Professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University.

Max Abrahms is an Associate Professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University. His research focuses on terrorism. He has held affiliations with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the Empirical Studies of Conflict project at Princeton University and Stanford University, the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University, the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, the political science department at Johns Hopkins University, and the Belfer Center at Harvard.

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November 9, 2023

Why Terrorists Are Misunderstood

Although terrorism is often described as a form of communication, terrorists are rather poor communicators because the violence of terrorism is rarely understood by the public.

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