A Conversation with Assaf Moghadam--The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor--(Food Reception After Lecture)About this Event
Assaf Moghadam, the 2025-2026 Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor at Georgetown University, is a Professor and former Dean at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University. He held previous teaching appointments at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, as well as fellowships at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, both at Harvard University. Prof. Moghadam’s research examines the dynamics within and between militant actors, with a particular focus on terrorism, insurgency, and proxy wars.
He is a co-editor of the ‘Routledge Handbook of Proxy Wars’ (2023), and author of three other books, including ‘Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation among Terrorist Actors’ (Columbia University Press, 2017) and ‘The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks’ (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). He is also the co-editor (with Brian Fishman) of ‘Fault Lines in Global Jihad: Organizational, Strategic, and Ideological Fissures’ (Routledge, 2011), and the editor of ‘Militancy and Political Violence in Shiism: Trends and Patterns’ (Routledge, 2012).
His research is published in International Security, Security Studies, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence, Perspectives on Terrorism, and International Studies Review, among other outlets. His writings have also appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, Orbis, and Die Zeit, among others.
Event Venue
McGhee Library, 37th & O Street, Washington, United States
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