Max Abrahms

Dr. Max Abrahms is a tenured professor of political science and Jewish Studies at Northeastern University, where he specializes in international security, homeland security, U.S. foreign policy, the international relations of the Middle East, Israeli security, the global intifada movement, antisemitism, and especially terrorism and counter-terrorism. Abrahms is also a Senior Fellow in Counterterrorism at the American Foreign Policy Council. He is among the most cited scholars on terrorism and counterterrorism and regularly appears in the media to analyze a range of contemporary international security issues. He also consults for government agencies such as the CIA about the international terrorism landscape and serves as a “red team,” “white team,” and “blue team” counterterrorism expert for multinational corporations such as Amazon.

At Northeastern, Abrahms teaches courses on terrorism, counter-terrorism, national security, international security, and international relations. Previously, Abrahms taught courses on these topics at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, and for NATO. He has held fellowships and other research affiliations with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, the political science department at Johns Hopkins University, the economics department at Bar Ilan University, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, American Jewish Committee, Middle East Forum, and the Belfer Center at Harvard University.

Abrahms graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in history and political science. He holds an M.Phil in international relations from Oxford with a dual concentration in the international relations of the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, as well as a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA.