Robert Pape

Robert Pape

Robert Pape specializes in international security affairs and is director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism. His current work focuses on US national security, air power, economic sanctions, suicide terrorism and related issues. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as well as on ABC, the BBC and National Public Radio.

In addition, he is the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats at UChicago with the mission to produce top international security scholarship with policy relevance, in order to reduce security threats and enhance stability across the world. 

His publications include the books Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (2005), Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (1996) and Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop it (2010). 

Pape Stories

How ISIS recruiting videos mirror Hollywood scripts

Video: Prof. Robert Pape and Dana Rovang of Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism explore use of common Hollywood narratives in ISIS propaganda videos


ABC 7 Chicago/WLS-TV

Donald Trump Shrugs Off Criticism Of His Plan To Ban Muslims In America

Video: Prof. Robert Pape says ‘ISIS couldn’t ask for better rhetoric than what Trump has handed them’


ABC 7 Chicago/WLS-TV

Here’s What a Man Who Studied Every Suicide Attack in the World Says About ISIS’ Motives

In interview, Prof. Robert Pape discusses his research on the motives and strategic logic behind terrorism


The Nation

Paris Terrorist Attacks Cause Worldwide Security Concerns About ISIS

Video: Prof. Robert Pape discusses consequences of Paris terrorist attacks for the United States, ISIS and Syria


Suspicion of terror in Russian jet crash raises questions for Obama

Prof. Robert Pape discusses possible link between suspected downing of Russian plane and larger military interventions against ISIS


Eradicating suicide terrorism in Pakistan

In op-ed, Prof. Robert Pape calls for the mobilization of Pakistani police to protect the country’s Shiites during their religious holidays


South Korea, U.S., China need plan for nukes in post-Kim North Korea

Prof. Robert Pape impresses the need for contingency plans in the event of North Korean regime collapse


The Korea Herald

France Train Attack Raises Travel Safety Concerns

Video: Prof. Robert Pape deems terrorism on Amtrak a 'remote possibility' and warns against 'expensive' overreactions in wake of France train attack


CBS

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