1976, BA (Hons) in Govt History, Connecticut College; 1978, BPhil in Int'l Relations and 1986, DPhil in Int'l Relations, University of Oxford. 1981-94, Research Staff, RAND Corporation; 1994-98, Director, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence and Chairman, Department of International Relations, St Andrews University, Scotland; since 1998, current position; 2001-04, Vice-President, External Affairs, RAND Corporation; since 2004, Senior Fellow, Combating Terrorism Center, US Military Academy and Adjunct Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University; 2004, Senior Adviser on Counterterrorism, Office of National Security Affairs, Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad. Recipient of numerous awards and honours including 1994, the US Intelligence Community Seal Medallion and 1998, Santiago Grisolia Prize and Chair, Violence Studies, Queen Sofia Center for the Study of Violence, Spain. Since 1996, Editor-in-Chief, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. Author, The Logic of Suicide Terrorism (2003) and numerous other publications. Member, Council on Foreign Relations.